Venous leg ulcer management

While your nurse or doctor helps you with the right treatment plan for your venous leg ulcer, the choices you make every day at home can support healing. Small, consistent actions and daily choices to help your leg ulcer healing at home will improve your health and wellbeing. Maintaining healthy habits, such as eating and drinking well and staying active, can help reduce the risk of your venous leg ulcer recurring after it has healed.

You may be wondering why you need compression therapy. Compression therapy is a key phase for venous leg ulcer treatment because it improves blood flow, reduces swelling, and helps the ulcer to heal. Wearing your compression therapy as advised by your doctor or nurse can also help reduce the risk of ulcers returning.

What is a venous leg ulcer? A venous leg ulcer is an open wound on your lower leg or ancle that hasn't healed after two weeks. It can happen if veins in the legs are weakened. Our veins carry blood back to the heart, with the help of small valves to keep it flowing in the right direction.