Treatments for Buerger's disease
Treatments for Buerger's disease
The list of treatments mentioned in various sources
for Buerger's disease
includes the following list.
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or change in treatment plans.
Buerger's disease: Is the Diagnosis Correct?
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Differential diagnosis list for Buerger's disease may include:
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Peripheral Edema:
Treatment
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
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Venous insufficiency: Mild cases should respond to leg elevation, avoidance of standing for prolonged periods, and compression stockings; surgical stripping of varicosities may relieve pain in severe cases
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Congestive heart failure: Dietary salt restriction, diuretics, digoxin, ACE-inhibitors, β-blockers to improve cardiac
function and control fluid overload
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Cellulitis: Elevation of extremity, antibiotics to cover skin flora (streptococci, staphylococci)
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Deep venous thrombosis: Anticoagulation with unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin or warfarin for 3–6 months
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Cirrhosis: Liver disease is typically progressive; symptoms may respond to diuretics and low salt diet; hepatic bypass procedures (e.g., TIPS) or transplantation may be necessary
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Nephrotic syndrome: 80% of cases in children are caused by minimal change disease and treated with steroids; adults tend to have progressive illness; dialysis or renal transplant may be necessary
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Source: In a Page: Signs and Symptoms, 2004
Gas gangrene:
Treatment (Tx)
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Surgery, antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen, I.V. fluid replacement, pain management
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Buerger's disease:
Treatment
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The primary goals of treatment are to relieve symptoms and prevent complications. Such therapy may include an exercise program that uses gravity to fill and drain the blood vessels or, in severe disease, a lumbar sympathectomy to increase blood supply to the skin. Aspirin and vasodilators may also be used. Amputation may be necessary for nonhealing ulcers, intractable pain, or gangrene.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Buerger's disease:
Treatment
(Handbook of Diseases)
No specific treatment for Buerger’s disease exists, except abstention of tobacco. Arterial bypass of larger vessels may be used in some cases, as well as local debridement, depending on symptoms and severity of ischemia. An antibiotic may also be useful as well as an exercise program that uses gravity to fill and drain the blood vessels or, in severe disease, a lumbar sympathectomy to increase blood supply to the skin. Amputation may be necessary if the patient suffers from nonhealing ulcers, intractable pain, or gangrene.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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