Vein Disease Evaluation & Treatment
Understanding Vein Disease: Evaluation and Treatment
Healthy veins are essential for your overall heart and vascular health. Veins act as the “return pipes” of your body, carrying blood back to the heart. When the tiny valves inside these veins become weak or damaged, blood can pool in your legs. This pooling can cause multiple symptoms, including swelling, leg heaviness, fatigue, itching, bedtime cramps and restless legs. This condition is known as venous insufficiency. You might need an evaluation if you experience persistent leg swelling, achiness, “spider veins,” or bulging varicose veins.
Why Chose the Arrowhead Vascular & Vein Center?
We provide comprehensive vein evaluations right in our office. Identifying vein disease is not just about how your legs look; accurate diagnosis of vein disease is a vital step in confirming the source of leg symptoms and spotting underlying vascular conditions that could impact your heart health.
Choosing an office-based setting for vein treatment offers two major advantages:
- Lower Cost: Office procedures are typically much more affordable than those performed in a hospital.
- Convenience: You can receive expert care in a comfortable, familiar environment without the long waits or complex check-in processes of a large medical center.
The Arrowhead Vascular & Vein Center uses a variety of modern tools and techniques to help you feel better:
- Diagnostic Venous Ultrasound: This is a painless imaging test that allows us to see your blood flow in real-time and locate exactly where the valves are failing.
- Conservative Care: We often begin with medical counseling, focusing on walking programs and compression therapy (wearing specialized snug socks) to help move blood naturally.
If more help is needed, the Arrowhead Vascular & Vein Center offers minimally invasive procedures:
- Superficial Vein Ablation: Using heat or medical adhesive to close off a diseased vein.
- Sclerotherapy: A tiny injection used to treat spider veins and smaller varicose veins to inject a chemical solution that closes varicose veins.
- Phlebectomy: A procedure to remove bulging surface veins through very small, stitch-free openings.
Most of these treatments take less than an hour, allowing you to return to your normal life with less pain and more energy.
