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A: Pregnancy hormones, especially progesterone, may cause the walls of your veins to weaken and swell. Pressure on the veins behind your uterus also slows the blood circulation to the heart, making the smaller veins in your pelvis and legs swell.
A: Sclerotherapy, or injection therapy, is a minimally-invasive, vein therapy method for addressing spider and some larger veins. In most cases, a“sclerosant” solution is injected through a very fine needle directly into the vein. This is usually done with the use of a special vein light or with ultrasound guidance.
A: Sclerotherapy, or injection therapy, is a minimally-invasive, vein therapy method for addressing spider and some larger veins. In most cases, a“sclerosant” solution is injected through a very fine needle directly into the vein. This is usually done with the use of a special vein light or with ultrasound guidance.
A: Usually, these procedures require almost no down time at all, but the time it takes to return to a full or unmodified workout routine really depends on the type of procedure: whether it’s a laser or radiofrequency ablation treatment for varicose veins or sclerotherapy (injections) for spider veins. Read the complex answer below.
A: Venous insufficiency is usually an “insidiously progressive condition”. This means that they are a little worse this year than they were last year, and will be a little worse next year than they are now.
A: When venous insufficiency or varicose veins are left untreated, the high venous pressures cause progressive edema and inflammation in the legs and ankles. This inflammation eventually results in a condition called lipodermatosclerosis, or fibrosis in the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
A: Varicose veins are permanently enlarged veins located beneath the skin that have dilated and become tortuous in response to abnormally high venous pressures seen in venous insufficiency.
A: Effectively treated varicose veins do not come back. The predisposition to form varicose veins cannot be cured, however. Over time, patients may develop new varicose veins in the same or in other areas.
A: Endovenous Laser Ablation with the CTEV laser is approximately 98% effective in treating refluxing veins. There is therefore an approximately 2% chance that a treated vein will “recannulate” or come back, requiring additional treatment. This is easily identified with a postoperative duplex examination and re-treated.
A: Pregnancy does not cause varicose veins in the legs, but each pregnancy makes existing vein problems a great deal worse. If pregnancy did cause leg varicose veins they would be much more common in women than in men.
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