Category: Symptoms to Watch

How Is Chronic Venous Disease Diagnosed?

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Chronic venous disease refers to a number of conditions that impact your veins. The conditions often affect your legs. This is because it can be difficult for your blood to get back to your heart. Common chronic venous disease includes varicose veins, venous ulcers, and chronic venous insufficiency. It is a relatively common condition, as …

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Symptoms of Venous Disease

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Venous disease, also known as chronic venous insufficiency, is a disease that is caused by the lack of blood flowing through major veins in the leg. This stops blood from being able to flow back to the heart, and can even make blood flow backwards. This results in blood clotting and collecting in the legs, …

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Top Risk Factors for Peripheral Artery Disease

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Find yourself dealing with specific yet excruciating pain in your lower legs or body? Then you might ultimately end up diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease. This happens when your blood vessels that carry oxygen and blood can get clogged or stuck between narrowed arteries. As time goes on, these conditions can worsen, leading to more …

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Risk Factors for Deep Vein Thrombosis

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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is the result of a blood clot in a deep set vein. Deep vein thrombosis usually occurs in the leg(s), and it is associated with several risk factors including obesity, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, and medications that increase the risk of clotting. What Causes Deep Vein Thrombosis? Deep vein thrombosis is caused …

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Jobs that Are Bad for Your Veins

Jobs that are bad for your veins.

It’s a sad fact that modern society really isn’t built with our health in mind. It is no wonder that there are jobs that are bad for your veins. So much of the work that requires a human actor necessitates habits that actively damage our bones, muscles, and cardiovascular systems among other things. However, some …

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What is a Stasis Ulcer?

What is a stasis ulcer?

A stasis ulcer occurs when your skin breaks down due to fluid buildup in your lower legs. The breakdown of the skin is in the form of an ulcer and is usually caused by poor vein function. If you experience an open wound on your leg, you should seek medical help right away. You may …

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Causes of Pelvic Congestion

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What is Pelvic Congestion? Pelvic congestion is a condition that occurs in women who develop varicose veins in their pelvic region. Varicose veins are veins that swell, twist, and ultimately lengthen due to poor vein function. Pelvic congestion is painful and can often be debilitating both mentally and physically.  It is relatively common. Approximately one-third of …

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How Can Smoking Lead to Peripheral Artery Disease

Smoking and Peripheral Artery Disease

For decades, health experts have warned people of the dangerous side effects smoking can wreak on your body. Cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, gum damage, and respiratory disease are just a few of the commonly linked health conditions that are associated with smoking. Now, it appears health experts have added smoking and Peripheral Artery Disease as …

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Is Deep Vein Thrombosis an Emergency?

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Deep vein thrombosis can lead to major health problems and can sometimes be fatal. With that, contacting your medical care provider or getting medical attention as soon as possible is important. To most outside the medical community, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may sound like a cluster of fancy medical words that’s beyond our understanding. However, the health issue is fairly simple to understand. The blood in your body that moves in your veins can sometimes move too slowly. This causes a backup in your veins and can cause your blood cells to clump into a clot. When a blood clot forms in a vein that is deep inside your body, it causes DVT. It is most often found in your lower leg, thigh, or pelvis, but it can occur in other areas of your body as well. Deep Vein Thrombosis can lead to a number of health problems and it can also be fatal. This is why medical treatment is so necessary if you experience any of the signs or symptoms.

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Why are Spider Veins Itchy?

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While spider veins are somewhat harmless, they can provide some unfortunate discomfort. Apart from not being the most aesthetically pleasing thing to look at on our bodies, they can also be quite itchy or cause a burning sensation. Why Do Spider Veins Occur? Spider veins are small blood vessels underneath the skin’s surface that form …

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