Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) is a common peripheral vascular disease encountered in clinical practice. The exact cause of thromboangiitis obliterans has not been fully understood, but current research links it to smoking, cold, dampness, sex hormones, immunity, and genetics. Thromboangiitis obliterans is a chronic and stubborn disease with a long course, difficult treatment, and a high tendency to recur, requiring long-term treatment. Many patients with thromboangiitis are concerned about how to effectively treat the disease. Below, we will invite an expert from Shanxi Yikang Thromboangiitis Hospital to introduce the treatment methods for thromboangiitis.
**How to Effectively Treat Thromboangiitis?**
1. **General Treatment:** In addition to quitting smoking, it is also necessary to avoid cold, dampness, and external injuries, as well as excessive heat, which may increase tissue oxygen deficiency. Limb exercises such as raising and lowering movements can be performed. These treatments can only serve as auxiliary treatments during the recovery phase or have some effect on mild cases of thromboangiitis, but cannot be considered as primary treatment methods.
2. **Drug Therapy:** In recent years, the scope of surgical treatment for thromboangiitis has expanded. However, surgery alone cannot control the progression of the disease. Therefore, drug therapy remains the main treatment method. Although drugs cannot reopen blocked arteries, they can promote the establishment of collateral circulation, improve blood rheology, reduce limb ischemia, and control the progression of the disease through vasodilation, fibrinolysis, viscosity reduction, and anticoagulation.
3. **Surgical Treatment:** Surgical treatments for thromboangiitis include lumbar sympathetic ganglionectomy, arterial thrombus endarterectomy, arterial bypass grafting, omentum transplantation, and arteriovenous shunt. However, surgical treatment cannot fundamentally solve the problem, resulting in poor long-term efficacy.
4. **Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Treatment:** When using TCM to treat thromboangiitis, it is essential to follow the principle of syndrome differentiation and individualized treatment. Patients with thromboangiitis often present with cold, stasis, heat, toxicity, and deficiency syndromes. For example, early stages often exhibit cold syndromes, mid-stage stasis syndromes, late-stage stasis and heat syndromes, and terminal stage weakness syndromes. Specific treatments should be tailored to each patient, and different medications should be used according to specific conditions for better results.
5. **Arteriovenous Combined Drug Administration Method:** This is a special effective treatment method that involves directly injecting drugs into the lesion site via arterial puncture. It can quickly open up blood vessels, change vessel occlusion symptoms, and prevent limb ischemia. By directly acting on the affected area, this method increases drug concentration, offers high efficacy with minimal side effects, and has been widely promoted domestically as one of the key methods for treating thromboangiitis.
**How to Effectively Treat Thromboangiitis?**
The above is a detailed introduction by experts on how to effectively treat thromboangiitis. Of course, every patient’s condition is different, and specific treatment methods should be chosen based on individual circumstances. We hope this information helps you. If you have more questions, you can consult online with the experts at Shanxi Yikang Thromboangiitis Hospital. Finally, we wish you good health.
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