I have visible veins behind my knees and I’m very sedentary so I don’t know if that’s why. Then I have visible veins in my chest going down toward my boobs (sorry if TMI) and I have veins in my face at my forehead, under eyes, beside mouth. They’re all just blue and not bulging. It scares me because I have PoTs and it’s related to EDS and I’m scared I have vascular EDS. I’m not worried about the cosmetic factor. I just want to know if it’s dangerous.
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Answer: Sclerotherapy vs. Surgery for spider and varicose veins
It is normal to feel some mild aching or discomfort as the veins go away. This should not be bad or cause the leg to swell much. I would have the leg evaluated to play it safe. See your physician or go and have an ultrasound at an urgent care of vascular facility to make sure that you have ...
Medically treating GSV for venous reflux means that blood will be rerouting to the healthy veins to prevent blood to pool in the legs that otherwise will keep forming varicose veins leading to many other signs and symptoms like leg swelling, leg pain, leg cramps, leg heaviness, burning sensa...
Sclerotherapy can be done on the upper arm vein posted. This is strictly a cosmetic procedure and there is no medical reason to do it unless you do not like the looks of it. Sclerotherapy of this vein should not affect any other veins in your arm or future need for IV's.