Varicose veins and their underlying cause, venous reflux disease can cause a wide array of symptoms, including leg pain, swelling, aching, heaviness, restless legs, and nocturnal leg cramps.
If left untreated, superficial venous reflux disease can progress to cause skin changes and other complications.
Complications of untreated venous disease include:
1. Superficial Thrombophlebitis (STP)
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venous disease is progressive and worsens over time.
Venous reflux disease is also known as venous stasis, chronic venous insufficiency, or venous incompetence. Venous reflux disease refers […]
healed ulcer
70% of chronic leg wounds are a result of long standing varicose veins and underlying venous insufficiency. Ulcers, or leg wounds are usually preceded by changes of the skin such as a brownish skin discoloration around the ankles and stasis dermatitis. A venous leg […]
Venous leg ulcers make up 70% of all chronic leg wounds. They usually occur in the inner ankle or outer ankle locations.
Before and after treatment of a venous leg ulcer.
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VENOUS LEG ULCER, BEFORE: This is a venous leg ulcer, caused by venous reflux or venous insufficiency. In this picture, you can see varicose veins above the wound.
VENOUS LEG ULCER, AFTER: Because this individual […]
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