The Qualities of a Good Varicose Vein Center in TX

How do I know if my visible leg veins are varicose veins and spider veins?

Most patients approach vein centers when their underlying vein problems have already escalated to an advanced stage with dangerous complications. However, you can avoid most of the dangerous complications of vein disease if you identify varicose veins and spider veins early.

Varicose veins are fairly easy to identify — they’re densely knotted, twisted, and bulging blood vessels that protrude from the skin’s surface. Spider veins are also visible leg veins, but they appear just under the skin’s surface in a dense cluster. Most people assume varicose veins and spider veins are harmless, but they’re actually indicative of a dangerous underlying vascular disease known as chronic venous insufficiency.

What are the other signs and symptoms of vein diseases?

To identify venous insufficiency at an early stage, you must learn to interpret the early warning signs correctly. Most people misattribute the signs of vein disease to aging or exhaustion and don’t contact a vein doctor until they experience advanced complications. The early signs of vein disease include restless leg syndrome, throbbing leg veins, frequent leg cramps, leg swelling, and spider veins.

If left untreated, vein disease leads to various advanced complications, such as profuse bleeding due to burst varicose veins, skin discoloration, leg ulcers (non-healing wounds), and deep vein thrombosis (blood clots within the leg veins). You must contact vein doctors at the earliest stage possible, which means you have to be vigilant of your vein diseases.

What are the best minimally invasive treatment options for varicose veins and spider veins?

Minimally invasive vein treatments are far more effective than surgical treatments, such as vein ligation, venous bypass surgery, and vein stripping. Surgical procedures have a high risk of complications and involve considerable downtime. Comparatively, minimally invasive treatments are always successful, painless, safe, and conclude within an hour with no downtime. The following is an overview of the best minimally invasive treatment options for varicose veins and spider veins.

Radiofrequency Ablation

Radiofrequency ablation involves using thermal energy to treat vein disease. The vein doctor creates an incision on the skin’s surface to insert a catheter into the diseased saphenous vein under ultrasound diagnosis. The catheter delivers thermal energy to collapse the diseased vein and reroute the accumulated blood to healthier leg veins.

Endovenous Laser Ablation

Endovenous laser ablation involves using laser energy to treat vein disease. The vein doctor creates an incision on the skin’s surface to insert an endovenous laser into the diseased saphenous vein under ultrasound diagnosis. The laser fiber delivers laser energy to collapse the problematic vein and reroute the accumulated blood to healthier leg veins.

VenaSeal

VenaSeal is a medical-grade adhesive used to seal vein walls. The vein doctor injects the adhesive into the diseased vein under ultrasound guidance to seal its walls. The accumulated blood reroutes to healthier leg veins, restoring smooth blood circulation to the heart.

Ambulatory Phlebectomy

Ambulatory phlebectomy is a cosmetic treatment that only removes the superficial varicose veins. The vein doctor removes the superficial leg veins through incisions on the skin’s surface. The incision scars gradually heal and fade away.

Sclerotherapy

Sclerotherapy is a cosmetic treatment that treats the spider veins on the skin’s surface. The vein doctor injects a medicine called sclerosant into the spider veins to fuse their walls, turning them into hardened scar tissues that eventually fade away from the skin’s surface.

Is the treatment of varicose veins covered by insurance plans?

Minimally invasive vein treatments are covered by insurance plans if you have underlying venous insufficiency, i.e., if the treatment is medically necessary. Radiofrequency ablation and endovenous laser ablation are usually covered by most insurance plans.

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