Venous insufficiency is a condition where blood pools in the vein rather than being efficiently pumped back to the heart. Leg problems are widespread throughout the world affecting approximately 50-60% of the population. What most people do not know is that approximately 90% of leg disorders originate within the vein. If you have tired, aching, swollen legs, swollen ankles or the beginning of varicose veins , it is time to learn how to improve the health of your venous circulation. Vein problems can progressively worsen over time and can affect your health and well-being for the rest of your life. Anything that slows down the flow of blood, changes or damages the vein wall or venouse valves, or thickens the blood can lead to venous insuficiency.
Venous insufficiency can lead to varicose veins, phlebitis (inflammation of the veins), thrombophlebitis (clots in the inflamed veins), blood clots and changes in the skin including leg ulcers. These can be not only cosmetically displeasing but also medically significant and a danger to your health
New Horizons offers their clients several treatment options. The procedures recommended are based upon the severity of your condition. All patients are instructed to walk a great deal following treatment to reroute the blood to the deeper, healthier veins. Compression stockings are used to assist in healing and to reduce any mild discomfort or swelling that may occur. The procedures may include.
Endovenous laser therapy (EVLT)
Endovascular laser therapy is the most effective and least invasive procedure to treat your symptoms. This is an alternative to traditional stripping in the long saphenous vein that would be the source or the cause of the bulging surface veins and of symptoms of pain, fatigue, etc. Using local anesthesia, a thin laser fiber is inserted into the vein through a needle delivering energy to the vein while causing it to collapse and seal shut; thus, eliminating the vein and eliminating the cause of the symptoms.
Laser fiber energy collapses the vein and eliminates varicosity
Ambulatory Phlebectomy
This is a "microsurgical" approach for large bulging varicose veins through the surface of the skin. Under local anesthesia, the diseased veins are delicately extracted using specially designed hooks. The incisions are truly stab wounds and are so small, no stiches are requird and there is virtually no scarring.
Sclerotherapy / ultrasound-guided therapy
This involves the injection of a solution into the diseased veins causing them to shrink, close off and gradually disappear. For large varicosities, ultrasound is often used to guide the injections into underlying vessels not seen on the surface of the skin. This delivers medication into a precise location safely and accurately to achieve superior long-lasting results.
Laser spider vein treatment
A laser generates an intense beam of light that can selectively target a treatment site. The laser light is absorbed by oxyhemoglobin (bright red blood cells carrying oxygen) and melanin (black or brown pigment found in the skin) causing decomposition or destruction by heat of unwanted cells while leaving healthy cells intact.
Vein problems are sometimes not only a cosmetic problems. They can be related to real medical problems such as leg pains and skin ulcerations. Therefor they can be covered by the medical insurance.
