DVT Treatment
Treatment strategies include preventive measures, medications, surgery, and certain exercises to improve the quality of life. The treatment should be initiated as soon as the DVT has been diagnosed. The interventions should be based on the severity of the disease and the condition of the patient. The primary treatment goals include to avoid further harm, relieve the symptoms, prevent Pulmonary Embolism and recurrence DVT. Also, to improve the symptoms of Chronic Venous insufficiency, and postphlebitic syndrome. The treatment protocols for both upper and lower extremity DVT are the same and involve different options to tackle this silent disorder. Treatment of lower and upper extremity DVT is generally the same. The following are some of the treatment interventions that can be used to treat DVT.
Medications: Anticoagulants, Thrombolytic agents
Surgery: Thrombectomy, Fasciectomy
Filters: Inferior vena cava filters
DVT Exercises
Physical Compression