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    Get Rid of the Blues: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Varicose and Spider Veins but Didn't Know Who to Ask
    Get Rid of the Blues: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Varicose and Spider Veins but Didn't Know Who to Ask
    Get Rid of the Blues: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Varicose and Spider Veins but Didn't Know Who to Ask
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    Get Rid of the Blues: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Varicose and Spider Veins but Didn't Know Who to Ask

    By Mary Johnson

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    Eighty million Americans suffer from venous problems. The bad news is that vein disease is progressive, so even if it is mild and simply unattractive, it could progress to severe. The good news is that treatment is available and preventative measures may help stop the progression.

    As a nurse educator, writer and consultant, Mary T. Johnson, R.N. is an advocate for those who suffer from this condition and from a lack of good, clearly written, well-researched information on the subject.

    Get Rid of the Blues is for the millions of people who think there is no way to prevent varicose and spider veins and for those who think they have to live with them. Get the answers to your questions in plain, easy-to-understand language.

    You will learn:

    1. top tips for preventing varicose veins

    2. lifesaving tips for preventing blood clots when you fly

    3. why varicose veins may be the first sign of pregnancy

    4. one of the best kept secrets for preventing vein disease

    5. eight things you must know before having laser treatment

    6. what effect high impact aerobics and weight lifting has on veins

    7. seven things you can do to prolong the life of your stockings

    8. eleven questions to ask when shopping for medical treatment

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 4, 2000
    ISBN9781475918281
    Get Rid of the Blues: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Varicose and Spider Veins but Didn't Know Who to Ask

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      Get Rid of the Blues - Mary Johnson

      All Rights Reserved © 1998, 2000 by Mary T. Johnson

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the permission in writing from the publisher.

      Published by toExcel an imprint of iUniverse.com, Inc.

      For information address: iUniverse.com, Inc. 620 North 48th Street Suite 201 Lincoln, NE 68504-3467 www. iuniverse. co m

      Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of information contained in this book, we

      assume no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or any inconsistency herein. Any slights of people, places, or organizations are unintentional. Readers should use their own judgment or consult a physician for specific applications to their individual problems.

      The author gratefully acknowledges the support of Beiersdorf-Jobst, Inc. (Manufacturers of JOBST® brand gradient support hosiery and socks) for providing illustrations which appear within this book.

      ISBN: 0-595-01074-1

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-1828-1 (ebook)

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Foreword

      Introduction: Who Is This Book For?

      Warning-Disclaimer

      OVERVIEW

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      CHAPTER TWELVE

      CHAPTER THIRTEEN

      CHAPTER FOURTEEN

      CHAPTER FIFTEEN

      CHAPTER SIXTEEN

      LIFESAVING TIPS FOR PREVENTING BLOOD CLOTS WHEN YOU FLY

      TOP TIPS FOR PREVENTING VARICOSE VEINS

      THE CARE AND FEEDING OF GRADUATED COMPRESSION HOSE

      REFERENCES

      COMPARISON OF GRADUATED COMPRESSION HOSE

      PHYSICIAN’S GUIDE TO ORDERING COMPRESSION

      Glossary

      Acknowledgments

      I’m very grateful to several people for sharing their time and expertise. I’d like to express special gratitude to Alan H. Kanter, MD for generously agreeing to be my medical editor and patient teacher, and for the countless hours he spent making sure I got it right. Many people will benefit because of his willingness to share the same level of commitment and ethics to this project that he brings to his practice and his research.

      Mitchel P. Goldman, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Diego, has written extensively about venous disease and I appreciate his gracious efforts to clear up my questions on venous ulcers.

      Thanks to Wayne M. Marley, MD, past president of the North American Society of Phlebology for his insights on vein disease in men.

      I also wish to acknowlege Jorge Nieri, Senior Product Manager for Beiersdorf-Jobst, Inc. and D. Bruce Guynn, General Manager of Medi USA for helping me understand the manufacturing process for graduated compression. In addition, I am indebted to Mr. Nieri and Susan J. Sigman for their generous efforts to help me obtain illustrations for this book.

      Additionally, I’d like to thank Gary Begley, President of National Laser Laboratories, Inc., for the technical information he provided on laser.

      I am very grateful to Ruth Ann Wolfhope for generously agreeing to share the dramatic before and after photos of her legs.

      And to Joe Baker, former Business Editor of the San Bernardino County Sun, thank you for putting on your editor’s cap once again.

      Book design and typography Cutter’s Way Graphics.

      About the Author

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      Mary T. Johnson, a registered nurse since 1982,

      began specializing in small vein disease in 1991. She was one of the first RNs in California to contract with physicians to offer sclerotherapy treatments (tiny injections into diseased veins) to their patients. Since then, she has served as a consultant and trains registered nurses to do sclerotherapy utilizing a training program she developed which has been approved for continuing education credit by the California State Board of Registered Nursing, and by the California Department of Rehabilitation for RN retraining. In 1993 she founded the National Association of Nurse Sclerotherapists and serves as the organization’s executive director. She is also a member of the Society for Vascular Nursing and the American Medical Writers Association.

      The author has written about varicose vein disease for the Journal of Vascular Nursing and has served as a contributing editor for Your Family⁹s Health Magazine.

      The author welcomes the opportunity to work with businesses, associations, and nonprofit organizations. Requests for availability for speeches and seminars, book signings, and participation in

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