Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a nerve damage condition where your leg veins are damaged, preventing them from working as they should. In normal scenarios, your leg veins keep blood flowing to the heart, but CVI damages those valves, resulting in blood pooling in your legs. This increases the pressure on your leg veins, resulting in adverse symptoms such as ulcers or swelling.

You can get the appropriate treatment for chronic venous insufficiency at our clinic, where the doctor will start with a careful examination of your legs. They will then perform a vascular ultrasound to image your veins. The doctor will then evaluate the extent and severity of the damage and recommend an appropriate treatment approach accordingly.

Some of the most common treatment approaches for chronic venous insufficiency varicose vein include:

• Surgical Treatment: These treatment approaches are best suited to treat severe cases of chronic venous insufficiency, where doctors either remove the vein or tie it to prevent further blood flow.
• Medications: Our doctors might sometimes recommend taking some medicines to increase blood flow through your veins without invasive procedures.
• Endovenous Laser Ablation: This technique uses laser energy to close off affected veins, improving blood flow and alleviating symptoms.
• Radiofrequency Ablation: Similar to Endovenous Laser Ablation, this method uses radiofrequency energy to heat and seal the problematic veins.
• Spider Veins: These are small, dilated veins that can be treated with various methods to improve appearance and alleviate discomfort.
• Varicose Veins: Larger, swollen veins that may require more intensive treatment, including laser or radiofrequency methods.
• Laser Treatments: These are relatively more advanced treatments for chronic venous insufficiency, where doctors use powerful laser rays or radio frequencies to close the affected vein.

Anyone with symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency disease must access the appropriate treatment after consultation with experts. Some of the most common symptoms you must look out for include varicose veins, swelling, tight feeling, brown-colored skin, ulcers, or painful leg cramps.

Pregnant women are more likely to suffer from chronic venous insufficiency. Besides that, anyone with a family history of chronic venous insufficiency, leg injury damage, or overweight individuals are at a greater risk of developing the condition. You must consult a doctor immediately and get the appropriate chronic vein insufficiency treatment in any such case.

Q1. Does family history influence the chances of chronic venous insufficiency?

A – If you have a family history of chronic venous insufficiency, you are more likely to develop the disease.

Q2. How much does chronic venous insufficiency treatment cost?

A – The cost of chronic venous insufficiency treatment depends on the severity of your damage and the type of treatment you require.

Q3. What happens if you do not treat chronic venous insufficiency?  

A – Leaving chronic venous insufficiency untreated can result in pain, swelling, cramps, skin changes, leg ulcers, and varicose veins.

Q4. What are some common causes of chronic venous insufficiency disease?

A – Lack of exercise, smoking, family history, high blood pressure, and blood clots in deep veins are some of the common causes of chronic venous insufficiency.

The Board Certified Vein & Aesthetic Experts at Star Veins & Aesthetics offer the latest, minimally-invasive procedures to treat chronic venous insufficiency, including:

• Laser Ablation
• Radiofrequency Ablation
• Sclerotherapy
• Varithena