Varicose veins

Varicose veins: Introduction

Varicose veins: Varicose veins are very swollen and raised above the surface of the skin. They are dark purple or blue in color, and can look like cords or very twisted and ... more about Varicose veins.

Varicose veins: Enlarged blue veins, usually in the legs. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Varicose veins is available below.

Symptoms of Varicose veins

• Enlarged blue or dark purple veins - usually leg veins affected
• Symptoms of varicose leg veins:
  • Enlarged leg veins
  • Legs swelling
  • Swollen feet
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 17 symptoms of Varicose veins

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Varicose veins:

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• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• more tests...»

Varicose veins: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Varicose veins:

• Venous insufficiency - clogging of the blood in the veins.
• Varicose ulcers
• Thrombophlebitis
• Deep-vein thrombosis
• Severe bleeding infection (see Bleeding symptoms)
• Inadequate leg circulation (see Leg symptoms)
• Skin ulcers (type of Ulcer)
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Varicose veins

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Varicose veins

• Physical exam
• X-rays
• Ultrasound
• more tests...»

Read more about tests for Varicose veins

Wrongly Diagnosed with Varicose veins?

• Misdiagnosis of Varicose veins
• Failure to diagnose Varicose veins
• Hidden causes of Varicose veins (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Varicose veins

Varicose veins: Self Assessment Tools

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• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Varicose veins: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Varicose veins: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Varicose veins:

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• Heart health products & offers »
• Skin Health
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Varicose veins: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Varicose veins

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some of the conditions which may be causes...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal. It should be considered...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart attack, whereas there are various less dangerous...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The ...read more »

Psoriasis often undiagnosed cause of skin symptoms in children: Children who suffer from the skin disorder called psoriasis can often go undiagnosed. The main problem is that psoriasis is rare in children, and not often seen by...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even...read more »

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Varicose veins: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Skin Health Specialists (Dermatology):
  • Dermatology (Skin Health Specialists)
  • Dermatopathology
  • Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
  • Dermatological Immunology / Diagnostic Laboratory (Skin Allergies)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Varicose veins

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Varicose veins:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Varicose veins, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Varicose veins: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Varicose veins

• Pregnancy - varicose veins are a common complication of pregnancy; they usually improve within 3 months of delivery but may not reverse completely.
• Obesity
• Thrombophlebitis
• Chronic cough
• Chronic constipation
• more causes...»

See full list of 50 causes of Varicose veins

More information about causes of Varicose veins:

• Underlying causes of Varicose veins
• Varicose veins as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Varicose veins

Treatments for Varicose veins

• No treatment - a simple varicose vein that is not causing major symptoms or complications may not require treatment.
• Elastic stockings - for mild cases.
• Avoid long periods of standing
• Watchful waiting - for mild cases; also pregnancy-related varicose veins often subside after birth.
• Sclerotherapy
• more treatments...»

See full list of 15 treatments for Varicose veins

News Archives for Varicose veins

Medical news articles related to Varicose veins include:

• New Foam Treatment for Varicose Veins
• Health Tip: Risk Factors for Varicose Veins
• What to Do If You Have Unsightly Veins
• Varicose, Spider Veins May Be Inevitable for Some
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Varicose veins

Medical research articles related to Varicose veins include:

• Randomized clinical trial of concomitant or sequential phlebectomy after endovenous laser therapy for varicose veins
• Surgery for varicose veins: use of tourniquet
• How can you manage varicose veins during pregnancy?
• Varicose veins
• Cost-effectiveness of nurse-led disease management for heart failure in an ethnically diverse urban community.
• Why do we suggest prolonged walking after varicose vein operations?
• more research...»

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Videos for Varicose veins

Patient Surveys for Varicose veins

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Prognosis for Varicose veins

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Reseach about Varicose veins

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Clinical Trials for Varicose veins

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Varicose veins include:

• Use of Sanvar With Endoscopic Treatment for the Control of Acute Variceal Bleeding - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sanvar® (vapreotide)
• A Study to Prevent Complications of High Blood Pressure Caused by Hepatitis in Patients With Cirrhosis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - timolol
• Decompression Intervention of Variceal Rebleeding Trial (DIVERT) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Short Course Terlipressin for Control of Acute Variceal Bleeding - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - 24 hours Terlipressin
• Prevention of Esophageal Varices by Beta-Adrenergic Blockers - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Timolol Maleate
• more trials...»

See full list of 17 Clinical Trials for Varicose veins

Prevention of Varicose veins

Prevention information for Varicose veins has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Varicose veins.

• Avoid sun exposure - to prevent facial spider veins
• Regular exercise
• Leg exercise - e.g. running, walking, etc.
• Control weight
• Avoid cross-legged sitting
• more preventions...»

Read more about prevention of Varicose veins

Statistics for Varicose veins

• Medical statistics for Varicose veins
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Varicose veins
• Death and Mortality statistics for Varicose veins
• Society statistics for Varicose veins

Varicose veins: Broader Related Topics

• Vein disorders
• more types...»

Types of Varicose veins

Types of Varicose veins

• Spider veins (type of Blood vessel conditions) - smaller less dark blue (sometimes red) enlarged veins closer to the surface than varicose veins; usually legs or face.
• Hemorrhoids - these are enlarged rectal veins
• Varicocele - affecting the veins in the testes
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Varicose veins

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Article Excerpts about Varicose veins

Varicose veins are very swollen and raised above the surface of the skin. They are dark purple or blue in color, and can look like cords or very twisted and bulging. They are found most often on the backs of the calves or on the inside of the leg, anywhere from the groin to the ankle. During pregnancy, varicose veins called hemorrhoids can form in the vagina or around the anus. (Source: excerpt from VARICOSE VEINS AND SPIDER VEINS: NWHIC)

Definitions of Varicose veins:

Dilated tortuous vein, usually in subcutaneous tissues of the leg; incompetency of venous valves is associated. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A vein that is permanently dilated; most common in the legs - (Source - WordNet 2.1)