East Tennessee Vein Clinic

THERE ARE SEVERAL TYPES OF VEIN DISEASE WITH SYMPTOMS RANGING FROM COSMETIC TO PAINFUL OR EVEN DANGEROUS.

VARICOSE VEIN DISEASE

You likely know what varicose veins look like— swollen, twisted veins, usually in the legs. Often painful. So, what causes this disease?

Your veins have small valves that let blood flow in one direction but not the other. Without these, your body would have trouble pumping blood upward. Varicose Vein Disease is where

these valves become weak in some veins which allows the blood to flow backwards and eventually pool.

Now, your body has a lot of veins, so you don’t have to worry about not getting enough blood back to your heart. Even if some aren’t working, there are many others that will. However, while you’re not going to run out of blood, Varicose Vein

Disease can cause soreness, itching, swelling, and other symptoms. It’s even possible for the disease—if untreated—to cause blood clots or heavy bleeding.

Often, there are more diseased veins farther under the surface of your skin. You can’t see these, but they can continue causing pain if untreated. Medical professionals use ultrasound to map out these invisible veins.

VENOUS LEG ULCERS

This is the worst-case scenario for vein disease. The disease can result in painful ulcers which can cause bleeding or even clots. Even if the ulcer heals on its own, unless you get treatment, it has a 50% chance of returning over the next several years.

SPIDER VEINS & RETICULAR VEINS

Varicose veins, spider veins, and reticular veins are extremely similar. They each refer to the valves in your veins weakening, but “varicose veins” are large veins, while “spider veins” are small ones and “reticular veins” are medium-sized.

HAND & FACIAL VEINS

As people grow older, their veins often grow more pronounced. While this won’t cause any health problems, many people dislike how these veins look. Clinics like East Tennessee Vein Clinic work to improve their appearance.

Michelle Gilliam has treated varicose veins as a nurse for 20 years, and she works for East Tennessee Vein Clinic. She emphasized how much more affordable ETVC is than other vein treatments. An hour-long session with them costs less than a thirty-minute treatment with their competitors.

Many times, other clinics only fix the more obvious surface veins, but they don’t treat the less visible feeder veins that cause the others to develop. Because of this, patients will often develop varicose veins again. East Tennessee Vein Clinic, however, will treat both surface and feeder veins, getting to the root of the problem to fix it permanently.

ETVC provides comprehensive care, helping you with all aspects of vein disease. Many other clinics use hypertonic saline which is painful yet not very effective, but ETVC has the training to use less painful yet more powerful medications like sodium tetra sulfate and polidocanol.

IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH VEIN DISEASE, CONSIDER REACHING OUT TO EAST TENNESSEE VEIN CLINIC AT (865) 686-0507.