Conditions
Conditions we treat
Conditions
Vein disorders are among the most common and most treatable problems in medicine. If your legs ache, swell, itch, or show veins you would rather not see, the cause is usually one of these four, and all four are treated in our office.
Varicose Veins
Large, ropey veins in the leg that ache, feel heavy, or swell by the end of the day. Treatable in the office without surgery.
Spider Veins
Fine red or blue lines on the legs or face. Usually cosmetic, sometimes a sign of vein disease underneath. Treated with sclerotherapy.
Chronic Venous Insufficiency
When leg vein valves stop working, blood pools and causes swelling, skin changes, and leg fatigue. The cause behind most varicose veins.
Venous Leg Ulcers
A sore near the ankle that will not heal is often a vein problem, not a skin problem. Treating the vein helps the wound close.
How vein problems start
It usually starts with a valve.
Leg veins carry blood up toward the heart, and small one-way valves keep it from falling back. When those valves weaken, the conditions on this page can follow.
Valves close
In a healthy vein, each valve closes behind the blood, so it keeps moving up toward the heart.
A valve weakens
Years of high pressure, a past blood clot or an inherited weakness can damage valves. Long hours on your feet, pregnancy and aging add pressure.
Blood pools
Blood falls back and pools in the lower leg. The vein stretches and can become a ropey varicose vein.
What you feel
Heavy, aching legs and swelling by the end of the day. In time, skin changes or a sore near the ankle.
Not sure which one you have?
Take the two-minute symptom check, or book an evaluation. A venous ultrasound in our office gives you the answer in one visit.
Your legs have places to go.
Two offices in Oak Park and Wilmette, serving Evanston, Berwyn, River Forest, Skokie, Glenview, and all of Chicagoland. All procedures are performed in the office without surgery.