The Influence of the Environment on the Varicose Disease in City Timişoara, Romania

Jecu A. Avram, Florentina Cadariu, Iulian O. Avram, Simona Manciu, and Mihaela Pasztori

First Clinic of Surgery, Timişoara District Hospital, Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timişoara, Romania

Corresponding author: Prof. J. Avram
    Str. Topliţa 2A
    RO-300012 Timişoara, Romania
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    E-mail: avram_j@yahoo.com

CEJOEM 2005, Vol.11. No.4.: 265–270

Key words:
Varicose disease, environment, frequency, risk factors, travellers’ thrombosis

Abstract:
The varicose disease affects ca. 50% of adults in EU countries. In Romania, the incidence, complications of the disease and the influence of the environment on it have not been extensively studied. In the present study, they were investigated in an urban population in Timişoara, Romania. Les Laboratoires Servier organized 2 teams of 15 family doctors who examined each 70 consecutive patients and searched for venous diseases. The diagnosis was verified by two specialists in phlebology. The prevalence of venous pathology in Timişoara was compared to that of other Romanian towns. The risk factors for the varicose disease were: heredity, occupation, sedentary style of life, overweight, smoking, pregnancy, venous thrombosis, and hormonal treatment. In Timişoara, 23% of the patients had occupations with high risk for the varicose disease. The new entity travellers’ thrombosis was defined as a consequence of the increasing number of long-distance travels. Of the 18 cases of travellers’ thrombosis, 60% ensued after long-lasting travels by bus or car. At our surgical clinic the patients with venous diseases had the CEAP scores of C4, C5, and C6, 80% of the latter was observed among the patients of low economic level.

Received: 5 December 2005
Accepted: 20 April 2006

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