DOCTOR
DOCTOR CHARLES MOK JOINS ME THIS MORNING FROM ALLURE MEDICAL, THE
LOCAL
LOCAL
LOCAL LEADERS IN PROVIDING TREATMENT OF
PAINFUL,
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>>> THAT
>>> THAT HE EVER EXPERIENCE FREQUENT LEG PAIN, OUR NEXT
GUEST MAY BE ABLE TO HELP.
JOIN ME THIS MORNING FROM A
LOWER MEDICAL.
LOWER MEDICAL. THE LOCAL LEADERS IN PROVIDING
THAT SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY
UNDERLINING VEIN DISEASE.
WELCOME BACK TO YOU.
AND WHAT IS VEIN DISEASE.
OUR HEART PUSHES BLOOD OUT TO
THE FEET.
THE FEET.
THE FEET. LET PRESSURE.
LET PRESSURE. AND IT COULD BE ASSOCIATED ALL
FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
THEN, THEY CARRY THE BLOOD BACK
TO OUR HEART.
SO WE HAVE THOSE ONE-WAY VALVES
IN OUR LEGS THAT ALLOW YOUR
CALF MUSCLE TO PUMP THE BLOOD
TO THOSE IN THE BLOOD MAKES ITS
WAY BACK.
WAY BACK.
WAY BACK. GENETICALLY, SOME OF US ARE
PREDISPOSED.
PREDISPOSED. THIS COULD LEAD TO MINOR
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. MINOR VARICOSE VEINS.
BUT ALSO THE RESTLESS LEGS OR
HAVE A SWOLLEN LEGS.
DISCOLORATION, BLOTCHY NEST.
IT CAN TURN INTO THAT ALSO
WHICH IS LIKE A SORE ON YOUR
LEG.
LEG.
LEG. >>
LEG. >> WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS.
IT COULD PROBABLY BE THIS LEG
PAIN OR HEAVINESS.
THIS IS JUST GENERAL LEG
DISCOMFORT OR GENERAL LEG
HEAVINESS OR GENERAL LEG
SWELLING.
SWELLING.
SWELLING. OR, IT COULD BE UNSIGHTLY
VARICOSE VEINS MAY HAVE NO
SYMPTOMS HERE.
SYMPTOMS HERE. EVEN IN THE ABSENCE HERE AS
SEEING BULGING VEINS, YOU MAY
HAVE THE VEIN DISEASE IF THEY
ARE SWOLLEN AND HEAVY OR
BLOTCHY NEST.
BLOTCHY NEST. >> NOW, YOU MENTIONED, IN THE
WORST-CASE SCENARIO, WITH LEG
WOUNDS, AUTHORS.
WOUNDS, AUTHORS. BUT HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE
VARICOSE VEINS, SOMETHING AS
AWFUL AS THAT?
>> WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE
VARICOSE VEINS THAT CAUSES THEM
IT'S THE CAUSE THAT CAUSES THE
WOUNDS.
WOUNDS.
WOUNDS. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IN THE
BLOOD IS JUST SITTING THERE,
YOUR BODY HAS TO MAKE A
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. AND ONE OF THEM IS BY GROWING A
BUNCH OF EXTRA VEINS.
>> AND THE CAKE REALLY GET RID
OF THAT.
OF THAT.
OF THAT. THEY ARE SEEPING INTO THE SKIN.
WE START BY SEEING SLOWING OF
THE LEGS.
THE LEGS.
THE LEGS. THEN THEY GET A LITTLE REDDISH
SPOTS.
SPOTS.
SPOTS. THEN THEY MAY GET BROWN SPOTS.
AND EVENTUALLY, IT OPENS UP.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST WHERE THEY
ARE HAVING HEAVY LEGS OR
DISCOLORATION IT GETS WORSE AT
ABOUT 4% OR 5% PER YEAR AND
EVENTUALLY A BIG ALBUM OCCURS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CATCH THAT
WHEN THEY ARE EITHER LOOKING
BAD.
BAD.
BAD. OR,
BAD. OR, THEY ARE SWOLLEN OR THEY
ARE RED.
ARE RED.
ARE RED. AND, IF THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. >> SO HOW DO YOU TREAT THIS?
>> WELL, YOU COME IN AND WE DO
A SCREENING EXAM.
YOU SEE THE LINES.
AND, WITH THE EFFICIENCY.
IT'S AN ULTRASOUND.
AND, AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT
FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. AND, WE PUT A LITTLE DEVICE
INTO.
INTO.
INTO. WE
INTO. WE ACTUALLY FEEL THAT UP.
AND, THEY ARE VERY QUICK.
GENERALLY PERMANENT.
GENERALLY PERMANENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TO ALERT
THAT MEDICAL.
THAT MEDICAL. AND, THAT'S QUITE THE
TREATMENT.
TREATMENT. >> AND, THEY ARE COVERING THAT
EVEN MEDICARE.
EVEN MEDICARE. AND, THEY CAN ACTUALLY TREAT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AND
THAT. AND THEY HAVE THOSE EFFICIENCY.
AND, JUST FIXING IT.
>> WELL, THEY HAVE THE
TREATMENT PROVIDER.
TREATMENT PROVIDER. >> WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS IS.
BUSINESS IS. AND TRYING TO WIPE OUT THAT
WOUND CARE.
WOUND CARE. THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE
ULCERS THAT OCCUR.
WE FOUND THAT WE HAD A REAL
METHOD FOR DOING THIS.
WE STARTED SPREADING IT
NATIONWIDE.
NATIONWIDE. OUR WOUND CARE OR HEALTHCARE
COSTS BY THOSE TREATMENTS.
WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH THOSE
SORE LEGS.
SORE LEGS. AND, THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY IS
ABOUT 15 YEARS.
IN THE LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS
IMPROVING PEOPLE QUALITY OF
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> WELL, AS A FELLOW
MICHIGANDER, GOOD TO SEE YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
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