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Wearing compression stockings
Compression stocking improve circulation in the legs.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
23 year experience in Hair Restoration
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A 31-year old asked:
Is it possible for me to exercise while wearing compression stockings?
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A 29-year old female asked:
How much will wearing 20-30 mm compression stockings cut down dvt riskduring pregnancy? 18wks pregnant with POTS. Legsache without them. No hist clots
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A 47-year old asked:
Are compression stockings effective for everyone?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can you wear pantyhose instead of compressions stockings?
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A 32-year old asked:
Are compression stockings worth the cost?
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A 34-year old asked:
Could I wear compression stockings to bed?
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A 25-year old asked:
Should I wear compression stockings at night?
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A 45-year old asked:
Please explain how long are compression stockings good for?
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A 38-year old asked:
Need expert help here. What are compression stockings used to treat?
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A 47-year old asked:
Looking for compression stockings; where to best get them and be fitted right?
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A 35-year old asked:
I just had a surgery. My physician told me to wear compression stockings. Can I wear them overnight?
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A 31-year old asked:
Do you need a prescription to get compression stockings?
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A 36-year old asked:
Compression stockings help with chronic venous insufficiency?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can compression stockings make your blood pressure go up?
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A 51-year old female asked:
should I wear compression stockings after having cellulitis on my leg?
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A 33-year old male asked:
How can I stop compression stocking from pulling my leg hair ? And keep them from being so hot ? I'm need to wear them but these issues make it hard.
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A 37-year old asked:
Are compression stockings enough to prevent a DVT when you fly?
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A 38-year old asked:
Are profesionally fitted/made compression stockings best to prevent DVT?
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A 71-year old female asked:
Can every day usage of compression stockings cause numbing in legs?
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A 47-year old asked:
My surgeon recommends compression stockings grade ii for my varicose vains. How much?
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A 57-year old female asked:
7 days post lumbar laminectomy. Up and about. Any need to continue compression stockings at night?
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A 54-year old female asked:
I have DVTS in the back of the knee and in thigh - would knee high compression stockings be proper or thigh high??
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A 34-year old asked:
Can compression stockings make varicose veins worse?
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A 44-year old asked:
Do compression stockings help with venous stasis ulcers?
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A 19-year old female asked:
What do compression stockings do for varicose veins? In what way do they help?
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A 29-year old asked:
After having a DVT where clot is behind knee, is it better to wear compression stockings below knee or above?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Superficial blood clot). When I go swimming do I have to wear compression stockings in the pool? If not needed how long the period without?
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A 38-year old male asked:
I wear a thigh high compression stocking for my 45 day old DVT. My Coumadin (warfarin) is at therapeutic levels. Can I swim? If so with or without stocking?
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A 38-year old asked:
Thinking of getting compression stockings. What are signs and symptoms of blood clots in legs?
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A 73-year old male asked:
Should you wear commercial (or non) compression socks/stockings to alleviate intermittent claudication in lower legs when running? Help or hurt? Progressed to running with less pain-but pace is slow.
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