Chronic Venous Insufficiency/Venous Stasis Disease,”Destruction of valves in the deep venous system and secondary damage to perforator veins. Leads to ambulatory venous HTN (edema, brawny induration and pigmentation from extravasated plasma proteins and RBCs)Venous ulcers develop over incompetent perforator vein

Chronic Venous Insufficiency/Venous Stasis Disease,”Destruction of valves in the deep venous system and secondary damage to perforator veins. Leads to ambulatory venous HTN (edema, brawny induration and pigmentation from extravasated plasma proteins and RBCs)Venous ulcers develop over incompetent perforator vein

usually medially above ankleLeg elevation provides relief of sx Less painful than arterial ulcers”