What is the Best Vein Treatment in LI? Vein Clinic Answers

Step 1: Visual examination for signs of vein disease.

During your initial consultation with the vein care clinic, the vein doctors will examine your leg veins for signs and symptoms of vein disease. They will look for spider veins, varicose veins, swollen legs, swollen ankles and feet, throbbing leg veins, discolored skin, and other such signs. They will also ask you if you’ve experienced symptoms like frequent leg cramps, restless leg syndrome, leg heaviness, and leg pain, especially at the end of the day. These are all signs and symptoms of a circulatory disorder called chronic venous insufficiency, which is generally the root cause of spider veins and varicose veins. If you don’t have venous insufficiency, the vein doctor will perform minimally invasive spider veins removal. However, if you have venous insufficiency, the vein doctor will need to perform minimally invasive varicose vein treatment before spider veins removal.

Step 2: Vascular imaging diagnosis of vein disease.

Visual examination of the signs and symptoms of vein disease can only go so far. Following the initial consultation, the vein doctor will recommend vascular imaging to determine if you have vein disease. During the Duplex Ultrasound process, the vein doctor will use ultrasound to visualize the blood flow in your leg veins. Vein disease leads to venous reflux, i.e., blood flows backward to accumulate in leg veins, leading to swollen legs. As such, if you have vein disease, the vein doctor will see it on a computer screen.

Step 3: Discussion of minimally invasive vein treatments and insurance coverage.

If you have vein disease, the vein doctor will recommend minimally invasive varicose vein treatments — radiofrequency ablation, endovenous laser ablation, or VenaSeal. If you don’t have vein disease, the vein doctor will recommend minimally invasive spider veins removal — sclerotherapy. The vein doctor will discuss all of your treatment options, including the details of your insurance coverage.

Step 4: Vein doctor performs minimally invasive varicose vein treatments.

All minimally invasive varicose vein treatments have the same underlying goal. The primary goal is to seal, close, or collapse the diseased saphenous vein. Shutting down or destroying the diseased vein is perfectly okay because the accumulated blood flows to healthier veins, restoring smooth blood circulation to the heart. However, different varicose vein treatments achieve this using different methods.

• Radiofrequency Ablation: The vein doctor uses thermal energy, channeled through a catheter, to collapse the diseased saphenous vein.
• Endovenous Laser Ablation: The vein doctor uses laser energy, channeled through a laser fiber, to collapse the diseased saphenous vein
• VenaSeal: The vein doctor injects a medical adhesive into the diseased saphenous vein, fusing its walls and shutting it down.

Step 5: Vein doctor performs minimally invasive vein treatments to remove superficial varicose veins and spider veins.

After the vein doctor treats varicose veins and vein disease, they will recommend sclerotherapy or ambulatory phlebectomy to remove the superficial varicose veins and spider veins. These are cosmetic treatments that remove visible spider veins without affecting the underlying diseased vein.

• Ambulatory Phlebectomy: The vein doctor performs varicose vein removal through incisions made on the surface of the skin.
• Sclerotherapy: The vein doctor injects a medicine called sclerosant into the spider veins, fusing their vein walls and shutting them down.

Step 6: Vein doctor discusses after-care.

Minimally invasive vein treatments are non-surgical, and they conclude within an hour with no downtime. Most people can resume their daily activities immediately after the treatment. However, before you leave, your vein doctor will discuss after-care tips, such as wearing compression stockings, exercising, etc.

Consult your vein doctor today.

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