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Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:41 pm  |
| I have some varicous veins on the backs of my legs and are getting quite painful and I was wondering whether it could be the Skin Doctors Vein Away plus that I am useing. I have been useing it for 2 week now but they seem to be looking worse not better. Has anyone tried this or any suggestions for veins. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:11 am |
| Is it same the spider veins ? |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:33 am |
| Have you seen a doctor? They can be treated. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:52 am |
| Varicose veins will not get better with a topical. You will have to see a doctor or go to a vein clinic. I have had mine treated a few times - they inject the vein with a saline solution that causes that vein to collapse (it is then absorbed into your body). It takes a few weeks for them to disappear. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:26 pm |
| Is this injection done by a specialist or can a local doctor do this? i haven't seen a doctor because they are flat out around here testing everyone for lead poisning from a contamination that has gotten into our water. You can't get to see anyone for a week! |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:19 pm |
| I don't know if a local doctor can do it or not. What size of city do you live in?. There are about 100,000 people where I live and there are at least 3 vein clinics. There are specialists who do this but I found it just as easy to go to a clinic. Look in the yellow pages under physicians or clinics that treat vascular disorders. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:14 pm |
| I think you should go to see a doctor. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:23 pm |
| helenzwl wrote: |
| I think you should go to see a doctor. |
I totally agree. My brother has really huge ones and he would have to get surgery to have them removed. The recovery is very long, so I am told. I think there are some risks also and it may depend on your medical history. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:45 pm |
| helenzwl wrote: |
| I think you should go to see a doctor. |
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:49 pm |
| Mardy Bum wrote: |
| Is this injection done by a specialist or can a local doctor do this? i haven't seen a doctor because they are flat out around here testing everyone for lead poisning from a contamination that has gotten into our water. You can't get to see anyone for a week! |
Not sure what you mean by local doctor, an internist/family practice dr? But I'd go to a specialist. A derm might have experience in this. Or a vascular surgeon. Depends on the problem. It's not an emergency, you can wait a week or two. Or more.. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:17 am |
| I will see a doctor when there is one available, as it is not just cosmetic reasons but they are quite painful at moment. Thank you everyone for your responses. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:11 am |
| Mardy Bum, I'm not trying to alarm you but I'd see a doc soon-it's possible to have clots or occlusions in your leg veins and pain is one of the symptoms. Family practice or internist usually don't inject varicose of spider veins-vascular specialists do. With your current pain I'd get into see whomever you can get in first with and go from there. Keep us posted. Good luck. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:52 am |
I totally agree with nomoreneckpain. I don't want to alarm you, but I think it's better not to ignore pain. My dad has varicose veins and last year he ignored pain in his leg, and it turned out he had a blood clot. He ended up in the hospital for a couple of days. It was a serious situation. Best of luck to you!
| nomoreneckpain wrote: |
| Mardy Bum, I'm not trying to alarm you but I'd see a doc soon-it's possible to have clots or occlusions in your leg veins and pain is one of the symptoms. Family practice or internist usually don't inject varicose of spider veins-vascular specialists do. With your current pain I'd get into see whomever you can get in first with and go from there. Keep us posted. Good luck. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:12 am |
| Your family doctor will likely not have the facilities to manage dealing with varicose veins. To remove them, they must actually be stripped out - these are the raised, blue ones not spider veins, which can be injected with saline to cause them to deplete. Your insurance should cover varicose vein removal as it can lead to other issues, is painful, etc. Spider veins are generally not covered as they are considered cosmetic. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:42 am |
| Mardy Bum wrote: |
| I will see a doctor when there is one available, as it is not just cosmetic reasons but they are quite painful at moment. Thank you everyone for your responses. |
If you're having trouble getting an appoinment, keep at it! Call every day. Ask for names of available doctors. Go to someone out of your town. Don't let them make you feel like you're a pest. Be a bigger pest! It's your health. People get timid asking for what they need from the medical world. If, as others say, this could be a serious problem, demand attention. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:44 pm |
| Wow! Thanks for everyones concern,you are all so sweet! I have decided to just go into the emergency department today and get them to check it out, sometimes that is the quickest way to get seen around here. Will let everyone know what happens. |
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:07 pm |
| There is also endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) that can replace surgical stripping and tying off of severely varicosed veins. Just google it to find out more info. |
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Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:46 am |
| How did you get on at the hospital, Mardy Bum? Hope all went well. |
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Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:26 pm |
| Thank you for asking. As it turned out it was not my veins that were giving me the pain but it is coming from my back - one of my discs is pressing against a nerve which is affecting my legs, so good new in one way but not in another. As I previously have had back problems I just have to look after it a bit more and stop working so hard, (that is impossible due to the nature of my job) as i will not go for an operation it will settle eventually I am sure. The last time it took a year but I refuse to get it operated on. |
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Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:53 am |
Like sciatica? Yikes, I know how painful that can be. Poor you. Hope you can find something to help ease it.
I actually find some very gentle Pilates stuff - involving back stretching helps a lot. It kind of relieves pressure on the nerves, by opening up the discs, I think. But you must check with your doctor before trying anything like that. Another really helpful thing was being given specific exercises by my physio. Perhaps you could arrange a session? |
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Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:05 am |
Hi Mardy,
I'm glad you at least figured out what the problem is. Have you ever considered going to an osteopath (for osteopathic manipulative therapy) to relieve the discomfort? I just had my first appointment with an osteopath after years of discomfort that only got temporary relief from chiropracty (another good option) - I have an coccyx injury from falling off a swing when I was 4yo. I sure wish I had gone earlier. It didn't hurt (some of the chiropracty did) and I feel a lot better and I'm going for followup treatment. My insurance is covering it - I only have a $15 copay! Yahoo!!!!!  |
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Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:32 pm |
| I have slipped my disc before and this is the same disc that is causing me the pain, as the pain was not down my leg previously I thought it was ,my veins. I cannot take anti inflammatorys so just Tumeric to my food and am doing gentle excercises and gentle walking at the moment, I am sure with time this will ease. As we have gotten off the subject a bit I might just add that the vein cream did not work. |
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Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:42 pm |
If they are getting to the stage where they are painful you should really see a Dr. I don't think any topical will help things. You should look into taking bioflavonoids (sp?) - there are apparently meant to increase vein health, though they will not cure what you already have. Also, I've taken Paroven before (also for vein issues) and I think it helps a bit.
Btw, I've had sclerotherapy injections done on a painful vein and it worked like a charm (though wasn't pleasant). My problem is that I am a naturally veiny person so while the injection helped for *that* vein, I have others coming up. |
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Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:40 pm |
| Do the injections fix the pain permanently? If so they would be well worth doing. Also did it help the appearance? |
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Sun May 03, 2009 11:00 am |
I *think* I have the beginnings of a varicose vein on the back of my calf  ! The swollen bit is about 1/2" long and bluish, but isn't painful at all. Is this how they develop? Is there anything I can do to prolong/prevent it from getting any bigger? Please help!!! TIA! TIA!!! |
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