New book from Whiteley Publishing - Clinical Examination Skills MRCP PACES

A new book from Whiteley Publishing is now available on Amazon worldwide.

"Clinical Examination Skills For The MRCP PACES Exam" by Dr Deepa Iyer is a concise guide on how to approach the MRCP PACES examination.

Clinical Examination Skills for the MRCP PACES Exam
New book from Whiteley Publishing

The links to this book are:

Amazon in the UK:     http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1908586486

Amazon in the USA:   http://amzn.com/1908586486

Whiteley Publishing:  http://www.whiteleypublishing.com/book-dr-iyer-clinical-examination-skills-for-the-mrcp-paces-exam.html

Whiteley Publishing makes it very attractive to new authors with no costs to get published, and royalties from the very first sale. Information for prospective authors: http://www.whiteleypublishing.com/new-authors.html

Varicose vein blog now on Mobile devices

Mark Whiteley's blog on his specialist areas is now available on mobile devices such as i-phones, i-pads and android devices.

 

QRS code for the Mark Whiteley varicose veins blog
on mobile devices

This QRS code can be scanned by any of the QRS reading apps to connect directly to the blog.

 

Screen shot of the Mark Whiteley blog
as seen on an i-phone 

The blog can be read in date order and there is an RSS feed icon for anyone who wants automatic updates from the blog.

Screen shot of the Mark Whiteley blog as seen on an i-phone -
showing the clinical pictures of varicose vein problems

The mobile device show the clinical photographs and other graphics is excellent details and colour.

 

 

You can also now subscribe to the blog and get e-mail updates or share posts with facebook and Twitter via the main blog as seen on a computer or laptop.

 

We hope these new changes will help spread the word in the excellence of investigations and treatments for varicose veins, thread veins, leg ulcers and other venous conditions.

 

Please feedback any preferences or comments. 

Phlebitis and haemosiderin from untreated varicose veins

This 46 year old man came to The Whiteley Clinic having had varicose veins for years. He had not had them treated as "they did not cause him any trouble".

Three weeks ago he suddenly had discomfort and inflammation over his right shin - with hard tender lumps where the varicose veins had been:



 

Superficial thrombophlebitis and haemosiderin complicating varicose veins
that should have been treated before these problems occurred 

Once the lumps and tenderness had appeared, he realised that he needed his veins treated and so chose The Whiteley Clinic becuase of our reputation for excellence.

On examination however, we noticed that he also had brown stains around his ankles. This brown discoluration is called "haemosiderin" deposition and is due to the skin being damaged from long term varicose veins (or "venous reflux") that haven't been treated.

Brown stains (haemosiderin) around the ankle due to
inflammation from long term varicose veins 

The patient underwent a specialist venous duplex ultrasound scan by a Whiteley Clinic trained expert vascular technologist.

This showed they underlying varicose veins that had caused both of these problems - and would go on to cause further damage and leg ulceration if left untreated.

Phlebitis (or properly "superficial thrombophlebitis") - clots in the
varicose veins and inflammed skin surrounding the affected area

As with most people suffering from such conditions, the venous duplex ultrasound showed that this patient can be cured using the local anaesthetic walk-in walk-out surgery.

By following The Whiteley Protocol, a combination of EVLA (Endovenous Laser Ablation), TRLOP (TRansLuminal Occlusion of Perforators), phlebectomies and foam sclerotherapy will cure this patient, reversing most of the damage and preventing the further deterioration of the leg towards more phlebitis, skin damage and ulcers.

For more information:
www.phlebitis.co.uk
www.venouseczema.co.uk

Female First article on Varicose Veins

 



Female First, the online Celebrity Gossip and Lifestyle Magazine, has published an article on Varicose Veins featuring Mark Whiteley.

The link is:
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/lifestyle-fashion/stylebeauty/Varicose+veins+the+facts-271707.html

Read Mark Whiteley in The Huffington Post

Mark S Whiteley writes about varicose veins and leg ulcers in The Huffington Post

Mark Whiteley has become a contributing author to The Huffington Post.

His first article on Support Stockings in Varicose Veins is available on:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-s-whiteley/support-stockings-a-stick_b_2330053.html

Leg Ulcer cured at The Whiteley Clinic

Leg ulcers can often be cured using local anaesthetic surgery, following The Whiteley Protocol (TM).

 

 

These photos show a patient with a left leg ulcer (above) who underwent local anaesthetic vein surgery by Mr Barrie Price at The Whiteley Clinic in October 2012.

 

Using EVLA (Endolvenous laser ablation) and TRLOP (TRansLuminal Occlusion of Perforators) the patient had complete cure today - just under 3 months later.

 

Unlike compression treatment with banadages or stockings, the ulcer will stay healed and did not need any bandages or compression during the healing process.

For more information see:    www.legulcers.co.uk

for our results see: Healing rates following venous surgery for chronic venous leg ulcers in an independent specialist vein unit. Thomas CA, Holdstock JM, Harrison CC, Price BA, Whiteley MS.Phlebology. 2012 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Book reviewed by The British Journal of Surgery

The Book "Understanding Venous Reflux - The Cause of Varicose Veins and Venous Leg Ulcers" had a very favourable review in the British Journal of Surgery.

http://www.bjs.co.uk/details/book/2702661/Understanding-Venous-Reflux-the-Cause-of-Varicose-Veins-and-Venous-Leg-Ulcers.html

Training Videos for veins on YouTube

The College of Phlebology has now posted multiple Training Videos on YouTube.

 

 

College of Phlebology YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/collegeofphlebology

CocaCola and Garlic for varicose veins! - Rubbish on the Internet

The internet has been liberating for many - Indeed it has helped The Whiteley Clinic get the results of their research and new techniques to treat varicose veins into the public arena for the good of patients.

 

Therefore it is always upsetting when rubbish appears - and particularly when the author of the nonsense doesn't allow any comments on the video! 

 

 

This video, made by in Spanish, extols the virtues of CocaCola and Garlic to get rid of varicose veins.

 

When first viewed, Mark Whiteley and the venous specialists at The Whiteley Clinic thought it was a joke and were waiting for the punchline ......

 

Unfortunately it does appear to be serious.

 

Hopefully most people viewing this video will see it for the rubbish it is and hopefully no-one will come to harm by thinking it has any scientific basis. 

Online Chat at The Whiteley Clinic website

Online chat now available through The Whiteley Clinic website

The Whiteley Clinic website now has an online chat facility.

With the increasing number of enquiries about the specialist vein services that we provide, we have added an online chat facility direct through to our expert team, to allow anyone to ask questions related to veins, leg ulcers of the treatments of varicose veins and other vein conditions.

The online chat facility is manned through office hours and messages can be left outside of these times.

This latest addition helps us to inform patients and other health professionals about the specialist investigations and treatments that we provide and allows any questions to be easily answered.

Unreliable Marriott – book at your risk

It should have been a great birthday - a suite with a large room in the stadium hotel at The Marriott in Twickenham - to celebrate a 50th Birthday AND see England beat The All Blacks. The room was booked with the Marriott online service, with a no refund policy, supposedly giving both parties a guarantee of contract.

So imagine the disappointment on Friday evening, after a very long week at work, to arrive at the Marriott and to be given the wrong room! Surely a mistake??

A phone call to the "supervisor" on call at the hotel yielded "Oh Yes, I can see your booking. I don't know how that happened but the room you booked now has someone in it so there is nothing I can do!"

A frank discussion resulted in the supervisor saying he would reduce the price of the room - but as I pointed out, it would have been about that price if I had booked the smaller room in any case - hence there was no "gift" at all!

He also promised drinks to be sent up for free as an apology - no drinks arrived all weekend.

You may think this is whinging at that "sometimes things happen". But this is the second time this year. So why did I give Marriott a second chance?

In March, I arranged to rake my daughter to watch England as a special treat. I booked the room months ahead, paid for it up front with a no-refund policy, guaranteeing the room.
Forty-eight hours before-hand I was informed at 6pm at night (presumably to prevent a call back) that I was being downgraded to a double room!

After several terse communications, during which I pointed out that I was not going to be sharing a double room with my 19 year old daughter and after having to complain to the RFU itself, the room was re-instated with very bad grace. Four beers and a plate of old sandwiches was sent on that occasion as a "sorry" - no refund of course - but a lot of very nice words reassuring me that the same would never happen again.

Unfortunately I trusted the Marriott - and was let down this second time - the birthday weekend being ruined.

Of course I do not intend to stay at the Marriott again - my rugby at Twickenham will continue but I will not be putting money into the hands of a company that cannot keep to a contract and cannot look after its guests.

I am sure that being associated with the RFU and stadium, they will never be short of people willing to pay for rooms for the rugby and so my own small protest and withdrawal of custom will not make a difference.

However, if you are one of those booking your event with Marriott and, like me, you get let down with little or no warning, then you will not be the first.