What is lipodermatosclerosis?
lipodermatosclerosis, sometimes shortened as LDS, is a health condition that involves reinforcement of the skin on the lower leg caused by a long venous pressure or vein pressure. In fact, the term means "scarring of the skin and fat" and is generally described as a disease of the skin and connective tissue. Other terms for LD include sclerotizing panniculitis, stasis panic, hypodermitis sclerodermiformism and chronic panniculitis by lipotembranous changes.
The category of the disease that lipodermatosclerosis belongs to virgulite, which is characterized by the inflammation of the virgin adipos. This is a layer of fat found under the epidermis, which is an outer layer of skin. Lipodermatosclerosis affects the lower limbs of the body, especially the skin above the ankles. Some associate its occurrence with obesity, because the accumulation of fat could exert added pressure on the veins. The venous hypertension or high blood pressure in the veins were also presented as a possible cause. With venous hypertension with fibrin, which is a fibrous protein that contributesOh to clotting blood, spreading from capillaries.
It is possible that fibrin diffusion causes tissue to ulcerate, and in more extreme cases it experiences necrosis or premature cellular death. Some scientists have noted that people suffering from chronic ulceration and necrosis of fat have lower legs reminiscent of the shape of the inverted bottles of Coca-Cola. As a result, venous hypertension is one of the stronger possible explanations of lipodermatosclerosis. LDS is believed to occur most often in middle -aged women.
The first symptom that patients with lipodermatosclerosis usually experience pain. Then the skin above the Beghins ankles to the thin until the leg gives the inverted form of the Coca-Cola bottle. Patients with LDS should also expect the affected skin to assume the color of the brownish red color.
left untreated, lipodermatosclerosis can lead to chronic venous ulcer. This is very difficult to recover, especially when treatment ispostponed. It also seriously limits a person's ability to walk or run and can adversely affect his overall health. In the initial signs of LDS, the person should immediately go to the vascular surgical clinic. Lipodermatosclerosis is usually treated with compression stockings to increase blood circulation in the veins. More extreme cases usually include the use of stanozolol that stops fibrin blood clotting.