Please Provide Me With Some Medical Insight For Stent Placed In My Leg

Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022

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Question : hi,
I recently had a stent placed in my leg on February 17th 2022 I do not like medication that I am on and want to know what happens if I simply don't take it I understand it will close this tent what happens to the rest of my body will I immediately die I feel the stent was placed against my own will in seriously need a little assistance I've already scheduled an appointment with a different vascular surgeon I just want some higher knowledge.! I feel the doctor was just running up bills and it was unnecessary it was only in the hospital for a toll and now I'm going home with multiple problems and medications that cause me to be to dizzy for returning to work!!
Please provide me with some medical insight!

Answered by Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Your medicine is to prevent blood clot in the future.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thank you for your question. According to your history and medicine that you take you have atherosclerosis that can cause your wound to difficult in healing. Atherosclerosis is a condition in which fatty deposits called plaques build up inside the arteries in the body. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart out to the body. Atherosclerosis is the reason most people have a heart attack or a stroke. So your doctor do the right thing for already to reduce your chances of having a heart attack, stroke.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Best regards,
Dr. Heang Chan Raksmey, General and Family Physician

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