Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Thanks for all the great info. Jerry was told to wear compression hose because of the adema in his legs. No one ever mentioned blood pressure and how it could be affected. Jan > Ken wore compression hose for many years. I have told this story before, but > it does explain how well they work. Ken was in the hospital with one of his > bouts with infection, and it was time to try to get him walking again. His > doctor ordered a new pair of hose which were taken off and hung by his bed at > night. We had a sign up warning not to give him BP lowering medication under > any circumstances. Evidently these hose are also used by some patients only > at night, but for Ken they were to prevent blood pooling and causing him to > faint when he stood up. The nurse called his doctor when she saw them and > asked if he should wear them and was told yes, on his regular schedule. So, > she put them on him at night. His BP went very high as it always did at > night, and since an oncall doctor had told them to get him up when that > happened, they got him up. BUT, his BP did NOT go down! He had the stockings > on! So the nurse called his doctor who said, " For God's sake, take the > stockings off and leave the poor man alone and let him sleep! The BP > variations are his normal condition. " > So, I guess the stockings do do the job, at least some of the time. > Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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