If you had a mother or grandmother treated for varicose veins and thought the treatment sounded worse than the disease, take heart. Times are changing. "We now use duplex ultrasound to look at the ...

However, cosmetics aside, the leg fatigue and heaviness that is associated with chronic venous insufficiency in the presence of varicose veins can be disabling. The treatment of superficial vein ...

The main treatments are emollients (moisturisers ... stasis dermatitis – also known as venous or varicose eczema – appears on ...

As a result of superficial valve incompetence, high pressure is transmitted to small subcutaneous veins, which become dilated tortuous clusters of varicose veins (Figure 1B). Although valve reflux ...