By Stella Gay


Blood vessels in the human body can suffer from several disorders, some of which result directly from lifestyles. Others on the other hand result from abnormalities within the body without human influence. One of the conditions that can be caused by lifestyle as well as natural factors is spider veins. These veins are characterized by several features that make them unique and easy to identify immediately they start to form.

Properties of these blood vessels are their large size, and swollen appearance. Normally they can be seen through the skin because they are twisted and turned and appear in the legs and face. Causes can be natural or human-induced. Major ones include use of control pills, obesity, blood clots history, postmenopausal hormonal replacement, and heredity. There are several treatment options, but spider vein removal stands as one of the most used in Austin, TX today.

Spider vein disorder occurs in both men and women, but women are affected more, with the frequency increasing as they age. Varicose and spider veins have been found to occur in at least 30% to 60% of the adult population in the US. Symptoms are quite characteristic. Major ones are aching and cramping pain in the legs and fatigue, heaviness, tingling, burning, restlessness, and throbbing feeling in legs.

Raising legs can act as a short-term remedy as it relieves the pain a bit. Pain could also be relieved by wearing a support hose. In women, the condition seems to get worse at certain points during menstrual cycles and pregnancy. Other symptoms that occur but on rare occasions include ulcers, thrombophlebitis, darkening of the skin color around the ankles, and swelling of legs.

Available treatment option include changing lifestyle, surgery, laser and intense pulsed light, radiofrequency occlusion, endovenous laser treatment, and sclerotherapy and one can go for any of them. Lifestyle changes work best for conditions still in the infancy stage. As such, treatment through lifestyle changes may only be effective if the condition is discovered early enough. However, the condition may come back if previous lifestyles are resumed.

Surgery is the treatment option considered in cases where the condition is much worse and the vessels have enlarged too much. Surgery may require ligation coupled with stripping. Ligation involves tying the veins off while stripping involves removal of a segment of affected vein, normally a long one. Ambulatory phlebectomy is another removal option that removes the blood vessels through small incisions without the necessity for stitches.

Surgery may be conducted under various anesthesia conditions and like stated above, it is only used on large veins. Patients are normally allowed to return home the same day. Normally most insurance firms do not provide cover for treatment of this condition. Consulting with the insurance firm before seeking medication would be a good idea.

How much it costs to remove the deformed blood vessels varies a lot. Different factors determine the cost including location of the vessels and the how much serious the condition has progressed. Normally it can be done on an outpatient basis in an office.




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