Varicose Veins

Nanoori Hospital is dedicated to pain management for patients with knee and back pain of unknown cause and leg swelling, numbness, and cold venous vascular pain that does not improve after surgery, based on precise examinations using MRI and ultrasound and a systematic treatment system.

What is Chronic Venous Insufficiency(CVI)?

Vascular pain due to venous dysfunction

In the leg veins, there are 'arteries' that carry blood down from the heart to the legs, and there are 'veins' that carry blood back up to the heart. There is a 'valve' in the 'vein' that prevents the back flow of blood, and when there is a problem with this valve function, the blood cannot go up and flows backward, which is called 'Chronic Venous Insufficiency'. Symptoms similar to those of spinal and joint diseases such as arthritis and spinal stenosis, such as leg pain, heaviness, heat sensation, and numbness, occur.

Causes and Symptoms

Why does it happen?
Multiple factors applied in combination
- 1.Congenital factors such as genetics and hormones
- 2.Acquired factors such as obesity, smoking, long standing or sitting occupational characteristics, pregnant women, etc.
What are the symptoms?
Legs are heavy, cold, numb
- 1.My legs feel heavy all day.
- 2.My legs are numb and it is difficult to walk.
- 3.Feet and legs are cold.
- 4.Pain persists even after spine and joint treatment.
- 5.Pain in the forefoot or heel.
- 6.It hurts when I stand, but it gets better the more I walk.
- 7.Blood vessels protrude in the legs.
- 8.In severe cases, skin discoloration and ulcers occur.

Diagnosis and Testing

Nanoori Hospital accurately identifies whether the cause of pain is a spinal or joint disease or a vascular disease through a multi-faceted examination.

Imaging test (X-ray, CT)

A specialist finds the cause of pain through medical examination and imaging tests such as X-ray and CT.
Tourniquet Test

A medical cuff is used to block venous flow and check for venous insufficiency.
Ultrasound Examination

Ultrasound is used to find the valve venous blood vessel site that is the cause of pain and varicose veins.

How to treat?

Depending on the patient's condition, non-surgical treatment or surgical treatment is performed.

Non-surgical Treatment

Wear medical compression stockings

Medication Treatment

Sclerotherapy
Surgical Treatment

Intravenous radiofrequency and laser treatment

VenaSeal Surgery

Phlebectomy

What if not treated?

If varicose veins and vein pain are left unattended, the symptoms may worsen. That is, pain in the lower extremities may persist or worsen, exacerbation of varicose veins, discoloration of the skin, or ulcers in the lower extremities may occur.