What are anti-embolic socks for?
Anti-embolism socks are an essential component of treatment of patients after trauma and major surgeries. They are especially necessary when a person has to stay in a lying, immobile position for a long time. It is not difficult to distinguish anti-embolic socks from other compression underwear - they are usually white in color, and there is a hole under the fingers. What are they for?
Personalized E-mail newsletter
2 times a month you will receive medical advice from specialists and an announcement of new articles from Lauma Medical
What are anti-embolic socks?
The second name for anti-embolic socks is hospital anti-embolic knitwear. It is called hospital because it is usually used in a hospital (hospital) during the rehabilitation period.
Such socks exert a graduated pressure on the legs - 18-21 mm Hg, which corresponds to medical underwear of the first compression class. They squeeze the leg tissues and vein walls, which facilitates the movement of blood towards the heart. This reduces swelling of the legs and most importantly - reduces the risk of blood clots. As is known, the main condition for the formation of venous blood clots is precisely the stagnation of blood.
In normal life, a person is actively moving, and contractions of the lower leg muscles help to “distill” blood upwards. But in a lying position, the “muscle pump” is turned off, and its role takes on anti-embolic compression socks. Without hospital knitwear significantly increases the risk of not only deep vein thrombosis, but also pulmonary embolism. And this complication can lead to a person's death in a matter of minutes.
Unlike ordinary socks, stockings and tights, anti-embolic has a control hole under the fingers. It allows the doctor to assess the blood flow, swelling of the legs and timely notice problems with blood vessels.
Such socks exert a graduated pressure on the legs - 18-21 mm Hg, which corresponds to medical underwear of the first compression class. They squeeze the leg tissues and vein walls, which facilitates the movement of blood towards the heart. This reduces swelling of the legs and most importantly - reduces the risk of blood clots. As is known, the main condition for the formation of venous blood clots is precisely the stagnation of blood.
In normal life, a person is actively moving, and contractions of the lower leg muscles help to “distill” blood upwards. But in a lying position, the “muscle pump” is turned off, and its role takes on anti-embolic compression socks. Without hospital knitwear significantly increases the risk of not only deep vein thrombosis, but also pulmonary embolism. And this complication can lead to a person's death in a matter of minutes.
Unlike ordinary socks, stockings and tights, anti-embolic has a control hole under the fingers. It allows the doctor to assess the blood flow, swelling of the legs and timely notice problems with blood vessels.
What are other benefits of anti-embolism socks?
Thanks to the control opening under the fingers, the person can check the condition of the fingers and toes independently - without having to remove the socks at all. This “design” of the hospital knitwear helps to:
Hospital anti-embolic hosiery is also widely used in the prenatal and postnatal period in women with an increased risk of thrombosis.
- provide a sense of control - being able to monitor the condition of the feet is very important for people with high anxiety, and it is not uncommon after major surgery or severe trauma;
- reduce stress - anxious patients tend to consider any even seeming changes (e.g., redness of the skin, swelling) as dangerous complications, and the monitoring hole allows their fears to be dispelled effortlessly;
- increase the effectiveness of treatment - anti-embolic socks are designed in such a way that it is possible to check the condition of the legs without interrupting the therapeutic effect of compression knitwear.
Hospital anti-embolic hosiery is also widely used in the prenatal and postnatal period in women with an increased risk of thrombosis.
Benefits of Lauma Medical anti-embolism socks
Lauma Medical manufactures hospital anti-embolic socks for men and women. They are made of nylon (70%) and Lycra (30%) and are available in 5 sizes - S, M, L, XL, XXL.
The main therapeutic effects of Lauma Medical anti-embolic socks:
It is these effects that determine the main effect of anti-embolic knitwear - prevention of blood clots in the deep veins of the legs and their spread throughout the body (for example, to the pulmonary artery with blockage of its branches).
The main therapeutic effects of Lauma Medical anti-embolic socks:
- narrowing of the vein lumen due to graduated pressure on the feet, ankles and shins;
- restoration of normal operation of the venous valve apparatus;
- strengthening the venous outflow of blood.
It is these effects that determine the main effect of anti-embolic knitwear - prevention of blood clots in the deep veins of the legs and their spread throughout the body (for example, to the pulmonary artery with blockage of its branches).
Lauma Medical anti-embolic socks are a reliable and comfortable way to prevent dangerous complications after surgeries and injuries, as well as in the prenatal and postnatal period
Lauma Medical anti-embolic socks are a reliable and comfortable way to prevent dangerous complications after surgeries and injuries, as well as in the prenatal and postnatal period