Via practica 6/2017

Inflammation as a cause of venous disease

Chronic venous disease includes the full spectrum of morphological and functional abnormalities of venous system a log-running, which are manifested either by symptoms and/or signs indicating the need for investigation and/or care. Clinical signs as the cause and functional changes in relation to the subjective symptoms most accurately defines CEAP classification. In the etiogathogenesis of chronic venous disease play an important role venous hypertension with reflux, which induce inflamation changes and their cascade in the part of macrocirculation, in which leads to damage of valve and venous wall, in the part of microcirculation to the complete destruction of tissues.

Keywords: chronic venous disease, etiopathogenesis, the role of inflammation