Prolim Knee Length Stockings
What Are The Compression Stockings?
Compression stockings are specially made, snug-fitting, stretchy socks that gently squeeze your leg. Graduated compression or pressure stockings are tighter around your ankle and get looser as they move up your leg. Compression sleeves are just the tube part, without the foot.
Who Uses Them?
People with or at risk for circulation problems, like DVT, varicose veins, or diabetes
People who’ve just gotten surgery
Those who can’t leave their bed or have a hard time moving their legs
People who stand all day at work
Athletes
Pregnant women
People who spend long stretches of time on airplanes, like pilots
Description
What Do Prolim Knee Length Stockings Do?
Prolim Knee Length Stockings -The pressure these stockings put on your legs helps your blood vessels work better. The arteries that take oxygen-rich blood to your muscles can relax, so blood flows freely. The veins get a boost pushing blood back to your heart.
Compression stockings can keep your legs from getting tired and achy. They can also ease swelling in your feet and ankles as well as help prevent and treat spider and varicose veins. They may even stop you from feeling light-headed or dizzy when you stand up.
Because the blood keeps moving, it’s harder for it to pool in your veins and make a clot. If one forms and breaks free, it can travel with your blood and get stuck somewhere dangerous, like your lungs. Clots also make it harder for blood to flow around them, and that can cause swelling, discolored skin, and other problems.
What Kinds Are There?
Socks and sleeves come in different lengths to cover different parts of your body. For DVT, most stockings go to just below the knee, but you can get thigh-highs and tights, too.
They also have different levels of pressure, measured in mm Hg. Stockings should feel snug, but not painfully tight. Mild compression, with lower numbers, is usually enough to keep you comfortable on your feet at work. You’ll need higher numbers with a firmer fit to prevent DVT
Thrombo-embolic deterrent (TED) hose, or anti-embolism stockings, are designed for after surgery and when you need to stay in bed. If you can stand and move around, graduated compression stockings are better.
If you need the stockings for medical reasons, your doctor will measure your legs and prescribe the right ones for you.
How to Wear Them
Smooth out the stockings so they lie flat against your skin. Avoid bunching.
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