Ever feel like your legs just won’t keep up with you? Swelling, pain, and fatigue can make even simple tasks uncomfortable. Compression stockings provide the support your veins need to keep your blood moving. Dr. Barry Oswalt, MD, FACS, is a board-certified vein specialist in Fort Worth, Texas, who helps patients manage vein conditions with minimally […]
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You may be seeing more about vein procedures this time of year for a very important reason. There are several benefits you get to enjoy when you get vein treatment in January, February, or at least before the summer months. Find out why Dr. Oswalt recommends that you time vein procedures for colder months. 1. Better Healing
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While spider veins are a sometimes more colorful nuisance, varicose veins are more of a concern when they show their raised curving forms on the surface of our legs. Varicose veins are the enlarged, twisted veins that have become dilated and overfilled with blood. Because of this, they push up, raising the skin above them.
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The valves in your veins ensure they function properly — here’s how they work. You may know that your veins transport blood to and from the heart, but you might not know as much about the structure of these blood vessels. For example, did you know that your veins are equipped with a set of valves
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With treatments for varicose veins advancing every day, it’s important to seek a second opinion before you make a final decision. We’ll walk you through some of the reasons below Venous insufficiencies are some of the most common chronic conditions in the United States, but luckily, they’re relatively easy to treat. However, because there are
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The driving force for recommending use of anti-cholesterol medications (“statins”) is that if a certain group of patients take these drugs over several years, statins can reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and death. These particular patients have already had at least one cardiovascular diagnosis or event after which the medication is prescribed. The
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What happens when you have a varicose vein near the surface of the skin that is too large to treat with sclerotherapy but too small to treat with laser ablation? Microphlebectomy happens, and the vein goes away. Also known as ambulatory phlebectomy or stab phlebectomy (both of which make the procedure sound kind of scary
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Treatments for varicose veins have dramatically improved over the past 15 years. Formerly, varicose veins usually had to be removed surgically with vein stripping. This could require up to four weeks of recovery. Today, stripping is rarely necessary, as Dr. Oswalt can usually use minimally invasive options for closing off varicose veins. One of those
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Our veins are tasked with returning de-oxygenated blood to the heart. You can think of them as being akin to one-way highways. Valves in the veins ensure the one-way flow of this bluish, purple blood (because it lacks oxygen). They prevent backflow. But in our legs, our veins have an entirely uphill route back to
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