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Buerger's Disease - Cabaron
Buerger's Disease - Cabaron
BSN IIIA
Signs and symptoms
Buergers Disease
Cause
Buergers disease begins by causing your
arteries to swell and blood clots to form in your
blood vessels. This restricts normal blood flow
and prevents blood from fully circulating through
your tissues. This results in tissue death because
the tissues are starved of nutrients and oxygen.
Pharmacologic Treatment
3. Angiogram
An angiogram helps to see the condition of your
arteries. An angiogram can be done noninvasively with the use of CT or MRI scans.
Or it may be done by threading a catheter into an
artery. During this procedure, a special dye is
injected into the artery, after which you undergo
a series of rapid X-rays. The dye helps to
delineate any artery blockages that show up on
the images.
Your doctor may order angiograms of both your
arms and your legs even if you don't have
signs and symptoms of Buerger's disease in all of
your limbs. Buerger's disease almost always
affects more than one limb, so even though you
may not have signs and symptoms in your other
limbs, this test may detect early signs of vessel
damage.
Treatment
Smoking cessation
Although no treatment can cure Buerger's
disease, the most effective way to halt the
disease's progress is to quit using all tobacco
products. Even a few cigarettes a day can worsen
the disease.
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ASSESSMENT
Subjective:
Grimace face
Weakness of both hands and feet
Open sores are visible in both hands and
feet
Nail bed thickens
Visible inflammation of a vein below the
skins surface
Vital Signs:
T 36 c
PR 89 bpm
RR 21 bpm
BP - 130/80 mmhg
O2sat 105%
NURSING DIAGNOSIS
Acute pain related to diminished arterial
circulation and oxygenation of tissues with
production of lactic acid in tissues and
inflammatory process
PLANNING
EVALUATION