Vascular wounds are often caused by chronic venous insufficiency or other problems with your veins.
Wound Care Helps With:
Give Your Skin the Healing it Needs
Give Your Skin the Healing it Needs
While venous ulcers may not be particularly noticeable or troublesome at first, they can become inflamed and progress into a large open sore. Untreated ulcers leave you at risk for problems like skin and bone infections, and their chronic pain can affect your day-to-day life.
At Florida Lakes Vein Center, we offer comprehensive wound care in Wellen Park. We clean out and dress wounds with careful, innovative techniques to encourage healing.
At Florida Lakes Vein Center, we offer comprehensive wound care in Wellen Park. We clean out and dress wounds with careful, innovative techniques to encourage healing.
While venous ulcers may not be particularly noticeable or troublesome at first, they can become inflamed and progress into a large open sore. Untreated ulcers leave you at risk for problems like skin and bone infections, and their chronic pain can affect your day-to-day life.
While venous ulcers may not be particularly noticeable or troublesome at first, they can become inflamed and progress into a large open sore. Untreated ulcers leave you at risk for problems like skin and bone infections, and their chronic pain can affect your day-to-day life.
Wound Care Overview
Number of Treatments:
Varies
Appointment Length:
Approximately 30 minutes
Driver Required?
No
Downtime:
None
Compression Time:
Varies
Anesthetic?
None
Wound Care and Vein Treatment Resources
How Wound Care Works
Venous ulcers require attentive care in order to heal with minimal scarring.
At your appointment at Florida Lakes Vein Center, we first thoroughly clean and treat the wound for you, but we also walk you through cleaning, changing the dressings, and protecting the healthy skin around the wound.
Because ulcers may take a long time to heal, recovery involves diligent at-home care from you to maintain healing. You’ll wear compression stockings every day to normalize the pressure in your veins and alleviate the wound. Over time, we’ll help you resolve the underlying cause of your venous ulcer.
Wound Care FAQs
When the valves are damaged or weak from vein problems such as chronic venous insufficiency, they allow blood to flow down into the vein, where it accumulates and increases the pressure on the vein. The rising pressure eventually ruptures the vessels and leaks fluid into the surrounding tissue. These fluids gradually wear down your skin, producing a hard-to-heal ulcer.
Treating chronic wounds requires you to take an active role in your care. When you visit us for wound care, we show you how to properly clean and dress the wound on your own, and we may advise you to wear compression stockings to promote healthy blood flow. We’ll make sure you receive the exceptional care and education you deserve to recover from your chronic wound.
About Florida Lakes Vein Center
Florida Lakes Vein Center leads with thoughtful and informed wound care in Wellen Park.
Experienced vein specialists Gregg Shore, M.D., Francesca Mertan, PA-C, and TC Lackey II, D.O., lead a team of compassionate professionals who take the time to listen to patients and obtain a comprehensive medical history before recommending any vein treatment.
Our expert medical team has helped countless people around the area understand how to best care for their chronic wounds.
Is Wound Care Right For Me?
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