Chronic venous insufficiency, or CVI, affects about 25 percent of Americans, particularly women who are 40 and older. CVI includes spider veins, varicose veins, and complications, such as ulcers and blood clots. Do you know when to get treatment for problem veins? Let’s talk about when to get vein treatment and where you can go
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5 Common Symptoms Telling You Your Veins Need to Be Treated
Varicose veins and spider veins affect more than 20% of American adults–most of them women. If you notice that these veins are causing painful, annoying, or embarrassing symptoms, it may be time for a consultation with an experienced and caring vein surgeon. Let’s talk about five issues that indicate that it’s time to see a
Read MoreVaricose Veins in Legs: Tips to Prevent and Treat Them
Your veins perform an important job: they carry oxygen-depleted blood from the arms and legs back to the heart. Did you know these veins contain small valves that help prevent blood from flowing backward and pooling in your legs and feet? When these valves malfunction, unattractive and unhealthy varicose veins form. Not all varicose veins
Read MoreHow to Identify and Deal with Varicose Veins?
Varicose veins, described as twisted or enlarged veins, are a hereditary condition, i.e., you have a greater chance of inheriting varicose veins if one of your blood relatives has. Typically, women, elderly persons, obese patients, or someone who sits or stands for a prolonged period are more prone to varicose veins. The risk factors that
Read MoreAre Varicose Veins Causing You Problems? Visit a Vein Doctor
If you have varicose veins on your legs, you know them by their bulging, twisted appearance. The issue with severe varicose veins is that they can indicate a condition called venous insufficiency, which can cause serious health problems such as blood clots. It can also cause chronic leg pain. Our veins have a series of
Read MoreVaricose Veins: Causes, Prevention Tips, and Treatment Methods
Varicose veins—the dreaded bluish-purple, twisted, bulging veins that typically appear on the legs and ankles. Beyond being a cosmetic nuisance, varicose veins can cause burning or throbbing sensation, swelling, and muscle cramping; itchiness; and worsening pain in the lower legs after prolonged standing. While varicose veins are mostly innocuous, there are cases when they can
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Why varicose veins itch Varicose veins are painful, engorged, swollen, crampy, and itchy. Yes, you read that right, itchy is not a typo, but another common symptom from varicose veins. Although most experience pain from varicose veins, many can also develop itchiness from their varicose veins. To book an appointment with Dr. Mackay or ask
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