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Content updated on Sep 20, 2022
What is thrombophlebitis?
Thrombophlebitis is inflammation of blood vessels that causes a blood clot to form and block one or more veins, usually in the legs. This can occur in surface veins or deep veins.
Symptoms of thrombophlebitis
Skin hardening
Swelling of the affected area
Pain in the arms and/or legs
Questions your doctor may ask to check for thrombophlebitis
Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose thrombophlebitis
Do you have hardening of the skin?
Is the affected area swollen?
Do you have pain in your arms and/or legs?
Treatment for thrombophlebitis
Surface vein thrombophlebitis is usually treated with anti Inflammatory medications and antibiotics. Application of compression using compressive garments and limb elevation provides relief. The clot in the deep veins might need additional treatment with blood-thinning drugs.
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Saqib Baig, MD, MS (Respiratory medicine, Critical Care, Internal medicine)
Dr. Baig graduated from Army Medical College (NUST) Pakistan in 2007. He did his internal medicine training from Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the years 2009-2013. He joined the internal medicine faculty practice at Medical College of Wisconsin in USA for 2 years before pursuing advanced training. He completed his pulmonary disease and critical care medicine fellowship from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School from 2015-2018. | | During his fellowship, Dr. Baig completed his master's in health care services management through Rutgers Business School. He currently serves as the medical director of respiratory therapy and pulmonary function lab and the clinical director of the COPD program at the Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute at Thomas Jefferson University. He holds the Assistant Professor of Medicine rank at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Baig's interests lie in respiratory physiology, airways disease, and data science.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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