What Are Varicose Veins and How Can I Get Them Treated by a Varicose Vein Doctor New York?

When blood pools in the legs and causes discomfort, vein disease causes heaviness or aching in the legs, particularly after a long day of standing or walking. If you notice that your legs are more tired or achy than they were a few years ago, see a varicose vein doctor at a vein treatment center.

Even if you’ve grown accustomed to swelling in your feet or ankles and itching or burning varicose veins, these are not normal parts of aging and can be treated at a vein clinic! Vein disease is underdiagnosed and can cause severe symptoms, but it can be treated quickly and effectively.

Varicose veins may be a symptom of a more severe condition, the most common being chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). One-way valves in healthy veins direct blood into the heart while stopping it from flowing back out to the limbs, but if these valves in the veins are damaged and start to leak, blood flows back down. This build-up of fluid in the legs increases pressure on the vein walls, resulting in bulging varicose veins.

At a vein treatment center, a varicose vein doctor will inspect the large and small saphenous veins for valve blockages or injury. These vein complications can result in venous reflux or venous insufficiency, which is when blood travels in the wrong direction and therefore does not reach all parts of the body sufficiently.

Once a vein specialist has examined and diagnosed you, he or she will advise you on the right vein treatment choices for your particular case. Vein specialists will almost always recommend a minimally invasive procedure over a surgical method to repair the “leaky pipe” and close unhealthy veins so blood can flow in the proper direction, because minimally-invasive treatments are much safer and simpler.

Treatment at a vein clinic is the only permanent way to treat vein disease if the symptoms escalate. Your doctor will prescribe a minimally invasive care option that is best for you, and the four main options that may be presented to you are:

• Sclerotherapy: a remedy for visible spider veins that involves inserting a medicine (sclerosant) into the veins with tiny needles that reduces the presence of spider veins in just one month.

• VenaSeal: a vein glue that is used to close the main saphenous vein in the leg, which is the root of varicose veins, and redirect blood flow into healthy veins.

• Radiofrequency ablation: a treatment that uses thermal energy to seal the weakened vein’s walls and channel blood back to the heart.

• Varithena: sclerotherapy foam injected directly into the vein to reduce the symptoms and size of varicose veins

All of these procedures involve minimal discomfort, take less than a half-hour, and do not require any anesthesia or recovery time.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: minimally invasive vein care is always the best option. There are a few surgical techniques available for treating vein disease, but a good varicose vein doctor and vein center would avoid them as much as possible.

• Vein ligation: Damaged main saphenous veins are ligated, or tied, through a small incision in the skin to prevent blood from flowing through them.

• Venous Bypass Surgery: A vein graft is used in venous bypass surgery to create a new route for blood supply around a blocked vein.

• Phlebectomy: Large varicose veins are removed entirely rather than addressing the root cause of varicose veins. This operation requires micro-incisions in the skin and use of a tiny hoоk to remove the veins.

• Endovenous laser ablation: A laser closes off the diseased veins and has a week-long recovery time.