How to Reverse Venous Insufficiency?
How to reverse chronic venous insufficiency?
Chronic venous insufficiency is one of the most underdiagnosed and dangerous circulatory conditions, responsible for most of your vein problems, such as spider veins, varicose veins, leg heaviness, restless leg syndrome, leg ulcers, and more. Venous insufficiency is a circulatory disorder wherein the collapse of vein valves leads to the accumulation of blood in leg veins because of gravity. The continued accumulation of blood in leg veins leads to vascular dilation and the gradual formation of spider veins and varicose veins.
Below, we provide a thorough overview of chronic venous insufficiency, discuss whether venous insufficiency can be reversed, and how you can reverse the symptoms of vein disease.
The beginning stages of varicose vein insufficiency
The beginning stages of varicose vein insufficiency are extremely benign and mild. You may experience leg heaviness, restless leg syndrome, frequent leg cramps, leg pain, and leg swelling, especially at the end of the day or after long periods of sitting or standing still. The initial signs and symptoms of vein insufficiency are easily misattributed to exhaustion, aging, or other factors, so the underlying vein disease remains undiagnosed. However, seeking vein treatment is crucial because venous insufficiency is a chronic condition that worsens with time.
The importance of timely vein treatments
Over time, if you don’t seek treatment for chronic venous insufficiency, you may suffer from varicose veins edema, burst veins, leg ulcers, skin discoloration, and deep vein thrombosis. That’s why you must consult our highly-skilled, board-certified vein doctors — we diagnose and treat the root cause of spider veins and varicose veins, ensuring safe and long-lasting relief from vein disease. Minimally invasive spider vein and varicose vein treatments are the only solutions for vein disease.
Why chronic venous insufficiency can’t be reversed
Barring vein treatments, there are no actual means of reversing chronic venous insufficiency. As mentioned previously, venous insufficiency happens because of damaged vein valves that can’t be fixed, so there’s no way to reverse the disease. The only way to stop the condition from progressing is to contact reliable vein doctors at our spider vein and varicose vein treatment centers — they will remove the diseased vein to reroute the accumulated blood into healthier leg veins.
You CAN reverse the symptoms of vein disease
While you can’t reverse chronic venous insufficiency, you can reverse some of the symptoms of vein disease. The accumulation of blood in leg veins leads to a wide range of symptoms, such as leg heaviness, restless leg syndrome, frequent leg cramps, leg swelling, leg pain, spider veins, and varicose veins. Most of these conditions occur because of excess blood accumulation in leg veins, so you can improve blood circulation to minimize the symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency.
The following lifestyle changes may reverse the symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency:
- Compression Stockings: You can wear skin-tight compression garments on your legs to apply pressure on the leg veins, pushing some of the accumulated blood to the heart.
- Exercise: You must engage in cardiovascular exercises that activate your calf muscles, such as swimming, cycling, yoga, and running. When you engage the calf muscles, they push some of the accumulated blood to the heart, alleviating leg pain and spider veins.
- Posture: You should elevate your legs above your heart’s level while sitting down. Gravity will force the accumulated blood to flow towards the heart, thus minimizing the worst symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency.
- Movement: Chronic venous insufficiency is particularly common amongst individuals who lead sedentary lifestyles or those whose jobs involve long periods of sitting or standing still, such as nurses, pilots, drivers, and those with desk jobs. If you have a sedentary job, you should walk around and move every 30 minutes to facilitate blood circulation.
Remove/ neutralize the collapsed vein using minimally invasive procedures
As mentioned previously, chronic venous insufficiency occurs because the vein valve collapses or malfunctions, leading to the accumulation of blood in leg veins. You can’t reverse chronic venous insufficiency because the diseased or damaged vein valve can’t be fixed. But you can remove or neutralize the damaged vein completely, thus liberating the accumulated blood to flow into healthier leg veins and restore optimal blood circulation.
The Spider Vein and Varicose Vein Treatment Clinic is led by a talented team of board-certified vein doctors who diagnose and treat the root cause of your vein problems. Our vein doctors examine your leg veins, review your medical history, discuss your goals and symptoms, and administer ultrasound scans to determine if you have chronic venous insufficiency. After diagnosing the root cause of your vein problems, our vein doctors curate personalized minimally invasive procedures for you.
We only provide minimally invasive procedures because they’re safer and more effective than vein surgeries. They conclude within an hour and involve no downtime, allowing you to resume your daily activities immediately. Below, we provide an overview of your minimally invasive vein treatment options:
- Endovenous Ablation: The vein doctor uses thermal energy or laser energy, channeled via a catheter, to destroy the diseased saphenous vein responsible for your vein problems.
- VenaSeal Procedure: The vein doctor injects a medical-grade adhesive into the diseased saphenous vein to seal its walls shut, rerouting the accumulated blood into healthier veins.
- ClariVein Treatment: The vein doctor uses a specialized catheter to destroy the diseased vein’s walls while secreting a sclerosant medicine to make it shrink and fade away.
- Ambulatory Phlebectomy: The vein specialist physically extracts and removes all the diseased varicose veins via small incisions on the skin’s surface.
- Sclerotherapy Treatment: The vein doctor injects a sclerosant medicine into the spider veins to turn them into hardened scar tissues gradually metabolized by the body.
To summarize, you can’t reverse chronic venous insufficiency because the damaged vein valve responsible for your vein problems can’t be fixed. You can, however, implement some lifestyle changes to reverse the symptoms of vein disease temporarily. If you want permanent relief from vein disease and its symptoms, you must schedule an appointment at our vein treatment clinic to explore your minimally invasive vein treatment options.
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Scheduling a consultation with one of our vein treatment experts is one of the best ways to determine the proper resolution for your varicose veins. The treatments can include sclerotherapy, laser or radiofrequency ablation, a medication called Varithena, or procedures such as Venaseal, or Clarivein.
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