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Who can help me with compression stockings?
Compression stockings are commonly used in venous related conditions and can be used to prevent blood clot by maintaining blood flow and reducing discomfort such as swelling. In this video, Dr Abe Sudarsanam gives advices on how and where patients can seek help if they are unable to put on compression stockings by themselves.
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This is something you would need to discuss with your general practitioner in the community. In the first instance, these stockings are fairly easy to get on, but if you do have problems with your hands, that limit the use of your hands, or if you're frail and unable to get these stockings on yourself, you could enlist the help of a family member or friend if they're happy doing this. The instructions are present on every pack of stockings and pretty easy to use. If this is not the case and you do not have someone who can help you out, district nursing support may be available to help with patients, particularly those who have had healed alterations in the past that require adequate skin care and adequate compression hosiery support.
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