Potato and warm moist compresses to accelerate healing of limb swelling and bruising after venous stent placement
Qin Zhang, Zhuoyin Wang, Hongqun Zhang, Xiaojuan Han, Jiani Bao, Yaru Yang, Qi Chen · 2026
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Description
Qin Zhang and co-authors report a bedside care case in a 2026 paper. A man in his seventies on long term dialysis had a narrowed vein in his dialysis access arm. A stent procedure reopened the vein and restored flow for his treatments. Afterward, his arm swelled badly with bruising, pain, numbness, and stiff joints.
Along with routine care, nurses laid fresh potato slices along the vein path for two hours. A warm moist compress followed each session, three times a day. His pain score fell step by step and reached zero within days. The report presents the low cost pairing as a help for healing after such procedures.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qin Zhang, Zhuoyin Wang, Hongqun Zhang, Xiaojuan Han, Jiani Bao, Yaru Yang, Qi Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |