Direct correlation between compression stockings and venotonics (Diosmins) and flow vein diseases in stomatology students

• Main Authors: Marinković Violeta M., Stefanović Zvezdan B., Zorić Zoran D., Donfrid Branislav S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Savez inženjera i tehničara Srbije 2017-01-01
• Series: Tehnika
• Subjects: Diosmin in the treatment of diseases of the veins; Graduated compression stockings; a study on students
• Online Access: http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0040-2176/2017/0040-21761702297M.pdf

Diseases of veins are considered one of the most common diseases of modern man, right after caries of teeth. Those diseases usually come to exist as a result of genetic and/or other pre-dispositioning factors, however, in most cases, those factors can be effectively tamed through preventive and therapeutic methods. Two studies were carried out on randomly selected third and fourth year stomatology college students. In the first study, we solely focused on the effects of monotherapy compression stockings. The second study was a continuation of the first and the respondents were asked to take venotonic Diosmin (Detralex 1000 mg) in addition to wearing compression stockings. In the group of 30 patients, 49% had positive family history of the disease, and in total, 70% showed signs of discomfort and diseases related to venous system. Ten respondents who showed major problems or pathological changes, were given custom made Sigvaris graduated compression stockings, which they wore for eight weeks. Final results of the first study showed that the feeling of heaviness in the legs reduced in 55.55% of respondents, while 66.66% patients recorded reduced pain in legs when standing for a long time. Issues of swelling of the bottom of the feet and lower legs disappeared for all patients. In the second study, which included adding a dose of Diosmin in addition to compression stockings, 66.66% of the patients saw signs of heaviness feeling in the legs improve, 77.77% recorded that pain in the legs when standing for a long time decreased and 100% of patients saw swelling of the bottom of the feet and lower legs disappear. This eight week study was too short to show significant signs of improvement in varicose, however, we expect that in six months, patients will begin to show signs of improvement in varicose altered veins. When comparing the results of the first and second study, we concluded that the three-month combination therapy of compression stockings and Diosmin yielded 12.5% better results of reduction of the following symptoms: feeling of heaviness in the legs, pain in the legs when standing for a long time, then when just using the compression socks (study 1).