Findings Chronic Venous Disease
Ankle spider veins
Skin breakdown
Tender to touch
Dark shin skin
Inflammation
Bulging veins
Dry skin
Ankle spider veins
Skin breakdown
Tender to touch
Dark shin skin
Inflammation
Bulging veins
Dry skin
Night cramps can be caused by venous reflux or varicose vein. What is venous reflux? To keep blood moving against gravity toward the heart, leg veins have one way flow valves. However, if those valves do not function properly, blood may flow backwards, or reflux, down the leg. When you get a night cramps, walk it out. If the cramps improve with walking, they may be caused by venous reflux or varicose veins.
Spider veins can develop from enlargement of pre-existing veins, heredity, hormone containing medications, hormonal fluctuations, and pregnancy, thus, spider vein are more common in women. Sclerotherapy is the treatment of choice for spider veins on the legs. A safe, painless solution is injected into abnormal veins causing them to shrivel and disappear. Spider veins on the face appear to respond better to laser treatments.
Venous reflux creates pooling and congestion of the blood in the legs making veins distend and causing tired, achy, heavy, swelling, itching, tenderness, night cramps and even pain, especially with prologed standing or at the end of the day. In some cases, venous reflux may be responsible for restless leg syndrome.
Did you know most leg symptoms: tired, achy, heavy, tender, swollen, restless, burning, night cramps may be from medical leg vein problems? Evaluation and treatments are usually covered by most insurance plans. Treatments are simple and performed in-office with little or no down time. learn more at CarolinaVeinCenter.com or call (919) 405-4200 today!
Written
on July 11, 2012