How your vascular specialists in Fort Worth, TX, can help with spider veins
Have you noticed thin red lines on your legs and feet? If so, you have spider veins, a common problem as you get older. Your vascular specialist can help with spider veins. Drs. Ramesh and Mythili Paladugu at Texas Vascular And Vein Center in Fort Worth, TX, provide a wide range of vascular services, including treatment of spider veins.
Spider veins are known as telangiectasias, and they are different from varicose veins:
Spider veins are thin red lines which resemble a spider web. They occur on the superficial layers of your skin.
Varicose veins are bulging bluish colored veins which are in the deeper layers of your skin.
Spider veins are harmless, but you may experience aching or burning. You should see a vascular specialist if you notice achiness, swelling, or heaviness in your legs.
You can help prevent spider veins if you:
- Elevate your legs
- Avoid crossing your legs
- Don’t stand or sit for too long Keep moving and changing position
- Wear supportive footwear
- Wear loose clothing to avoid constricting blood flow
Your vascular specialist can help you get relief from spider veins with a treatment known as sclerotherapy. Sclerotherapy involves the injection of a liquid into your spider veins. The liquid closes up the veins, so blood flows to a healthier, larger vein. Over time, the spider veins fade and become unnoticeable. Sclerotherapy is performed on an outpatient basis. The procedure takes about 10 to 30 minutes and requires only about an hour of downtime.
You don’t have to put up with unattractive spider veins when help is just a phone call away. To find out more about the causes and treatment of spider veins, call Drs. Ramesh and Mythili Paladugu at Texas Vascular And Vein Center in Fort Worth, TX. You can reach them in the office by calling (817) 332-8346, so call today.