Related Treatments

• Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery

Related Medications

• Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
• Vitamin E
• Zinc

Related Other Topics

• Dietary Fiber

Varicose Veins Symptoms

Signs and symptoms
... Signs and symptoms of varicose veins may include: An achy or heavy feeling in your legs, and burning, throbbing, muscle cramping and swelling in your lower legs. Prolonged sitting or standing tends to...

Causes
... Arteries carry blood from your heart to the rest of your tissues. Veins return blood from the rest of your body to your heart, so the blood can be recirculated. To return blood to your heart, the vein...

Varicose Veins Prevention

Prevention
... There''s no way to completely prevent varicose veins. But improving your circulation and muscle tone can reduce the risk of developing varicose veins or getting additional ones. To improve circulation...

Varicose Veins Treatment

Complications
... Sometimes, extremely painful ulcers may form on the skin near varicose veins, particularly near the ankles. Ulcers are the result of long-term "water logging" of these tissues, caused by increased pre...

Treatment
... Fortunately, treatment usually doesn''t mean a hospital stay or a long, uncomfortable recovery. Less invasive techniques generally allow varicose veins to be dealt with on an outpatient basis. Self-he...

Varicose Veins Other

Sclerotherapy
... Sclerotherapy is a medical procedure used to eliminate varicose veins and "spider veins." Sclerotherapy involves an injection of a solution (generally sodium chloride – a salt solution, know...

Varicose Veins and Spider Veins
... Varicose veins commonly develop as we grow older, but can be treated with exercise, support hose or surgery. Varicose veins are large, raised, swollen blood vessels that twist and turn. They usually d...