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My ankles are swollen due to sunburn, should I wear compression socks for my upcoming flight if the swelling persists?
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How much pressure should a Compression Stocking have?
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How does one calculate the compression in stocking?
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How long do I have to wear compression stockings?
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How long are stockings required after endovenous laser ablation? How do they help?
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Swollen calves due to ruptured baker's cyst.
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My calves are swollen due to a ruptured baker's cyst. The doctor's office said to wear TED hose. How do I know what kind and the proper fit?
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For a blood clot, do you wear compression stockings 24/7 or just during the day and take off at night?
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Can compression stockings be used routinely?
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Is there any danger in wearing compression stockings daily for a long period of time?
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Where can I get custom fit compression hose?
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Where can you have custom compression hose made? When I first get hose, they are fine, but within 3 days they seem to stop fitting right and cause my lower legs to be irritated. I've already checked my measur...
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can I use compression stockings if I have an ulcer on my leg?
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Can I use compression stockings if I have an ulcer on my leg? I've had surgery two years ago because of the ulcer. After a few months the ulcer healed but now it has coem back again. Would I need to have surger...
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My thigh-high compression stockings keep rolling down. I've tried glue, but it doesn't work. What else can I try?
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Can compression stockings cause pain?
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I was just diagnosed with an SVT in L medial lower leg halfway down. My symptoms began about 1" below medial knee joint. I just started wearing my compression stockings (20-30 mmHg). There was some relief for 9...
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Compression Stocking and exercising, especially when jogging long distances?
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Is it a good idea/ beneficial to wear compression socks/stockings when exercising? Especially when jogging long distances? I also already have vague signs of some spider veins.
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Pain after taking off compression stockings
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After wearing my stockings all day, then I come home and take them off. After I remove them I feel the pain happening right away. Is this normal?
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Are my compression socks too tight?
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I purchased my compression stockings from a sports store. I have spider veins and am on my feet many hours at my place of work. I get red marks and indentations at the top of my knee-highs after wearing them fo...
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What can I do to keep the top of the compression stockings from cutting into my thigh? Also, do I wear them at night to sleep?
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I am a type 2 diabetic and have foot, ankle swelling. I also have knee issues, so I wear thigh-high stockings 20-30 mmHg. What can I do to make the top more comfortable? I wore them yesterday and they hurt a...
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How long after landing from a long-haul flight is it OK to remove compression stockings?
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Before getting off the plane? Waiting sometime at ground level?
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Should I wear my compression stockings for 2 weeks or more after spider vein treatment?
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Can wearing Compression Stockings improve varicose and spider veins if they are not too bad?
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I'm hoping to only have to wear them for several months. If there is improvement will discontinuing their use make the vein problems come back?
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How long should I wear 20-30g socks each day?
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I have COPD and minor swelling in one ankle. I was prescribed 23-30 gauge socks. How long should I wear them each day? I find my ankle is sore when not wearing them even though the ankle is not swollen.
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My legs throb, twitch, and ache at night.
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I am wearing thigh high compression stockings all day long and they are helping but as soon as I take them off at night to sleep my legs start throbbing, tingling, aching, jerking, etc. Should I continue to we...
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