President Donald Trump was diagnosedwith common vein condition called chronic venous insufficiency disease.
White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told media that Trump had notice swelling in one of his legs prompting him to undergo testing.
CVI is condition caused by damaged leg veins that struggle to send blood back up to heart.
:Leavitt added Trump tested for other more serious complications that sometimes go hand in hand with chronic venous insufficiency but none were found.
No signs of heart failure renal impairment of systemic illnes were identified” she added.
How common is it?
CVI affects abotu 1 in 20 adults according to Cleveland Clinic.
It is common in older and danger rises with age. Trump turned 79 last month.
How is it Treated?
CVI has handful of treatments ranginfg from lifestyle changes to surgery Barbabella,.
In his letter did not specify what treatments if any Trump would be undergoing.
Lifestyle changes like leg elevation weight management and regular exercise are usually the first steps to treating CVI according to Maldonado.
Compression therapy which involves bandages or tight stocking is also choice.
Some treatments consist of injecting a chemical into veins which causes scarring so veins no longer carry blood.
Blood thinners are used to prevent blood clots from shaping.
Surgery is necessary. That can consist of tying off the problem vein so that it no longer transports blood or necessary removing the vein.
These optiona are available if vein is superficial or close to skin.
Where deeper veins are ones damages surgery is not a choice.
How Serious is It?
Cvi happens when leg veins are damaged and some blood cannot flow from legs to heart and pools up in leg veins causing complications and swelling.
The condition is mild but can bad over time. If left untreated it cna cause a host of symptoms including cramps, swelling skin changes leg ulcers and varicose veins which are veins become twisted and swollen.
“What is interseting about this is that it runs spectrum from very mild where you might have swelling may be few varicose veins to very severe where you have severe sweling skin changes, hyperigmentation sort of fibrosis or appearance of even wounds and skin.
The condition can be tied to more serious conditions including deep vein thrombosis a blood clot that shape in deep vein or pulmonary embolism a blood clot that stops blood flow to artery in lung.
Barbabell said Trump showed no signs of deep vein thrombosi or arterial disease..
