Dangers of Vein Disease

Dangers of Ignoring Vein Problems

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Dangers of Not Investigating and Treating Your Leg Veins:
Venous Valvular Failure causes problems that are more than just uncomfortable or unsightly. They can lead to problems that are dangerous, even life-threatening. These can now be averted by modern vein treatment - a simple ultrasound investigation and painless, yet very effective, office treatment! Delay will only allow your legs to worsen. Once valves have failed the condition of the legs progressively deteriorates.

Clots:
Varicose veins are prone to inflammation with clots, i.e. phlebitis. The risk of deep vein clots is increased 400% with superficial phlebitis. These are the type of blood clots that can kill you! Sometimes we will see, on ultrasound, a clot extending from an area of superficial phlebitis down through a 'perforator' vein directly to the deep veins and to a deep venous thrombus (DVT) just waving in the blood stream, ready to break off and become a pulmonary embolus (Life Threatening!) Clots in the deep system that do not go to the lungs can damage the valves in the deep system.....then we can do very little except suggest stockings for life. Early diagnosis and treatment are important to prevent deep vein clots and decrease the risk of pulmonary emboli and permanent damage to the valves of the deep vein systems.

Deterioration:
These problems usually begin very gradually. Your mother or father's terrible legs began with just a few thin spider veins perhaps and a little aching. Early detection of failed valves by ultrasound is very simple and treatment is painless. These are key to preventing escalating future problems. Act now. This is a continually deteriorating condition until treated….What ARE you waiting for?!

Cellulitus:
Stasis Dermatitis is more than unsightly and uncomfortable. It is dangerous. The sickened skin can become infected and lead to life threatening sepsis.

Ulceration:
The sickened skin of Stasis Dermatitis can ulcerate. Failed valves cause increased venous pressure below causing fluid, protein and blood to leak out of distended venous cappillaries into the tissues all day long. This causes edema, poor oxygen and nutrient supply, thickened and discolored....sickened skin. This skin can breakdown and ulcerate.

Bleeding Reticular Veins:
Those purple and sometimes nodular veins about the ankle can break causing frightening hemorrhage. Usually these are easily stopped with pressure but they are frightening and have caused many 911 visits to emergency rooms.

Medication Side Effects:
Swollen Ankles, Nocturnal Cramps, "Secondary" Restless Legs, Venous Stasis Eczema, Venous Ulcers are all often treated with temporizing, palliative medications. These patients need definitive treatment of the vein problem causing these conditions and they can stop these unnecessary medications. A lady with swollen ankles from failed vein valves (and not congestive failure or renal failure), does not have to increase her risk of stroke and problems of potassium and other electrolyte loss by taking diuretics (Lasix, furosemide, hydrochlorthiazide,etc.) She simply needs to have a simple treatment to fix her veins. Similarly, risking, cramp meds, quinine, Requip, sleep medications, prolonged topical steroids, and prolonged wound care medications and others for the conditions above is, with modern vein treatments, unnecessary and foolish.

The Domino Effect:
This 'Domino Effect' works both ways. People whose legs hurt or feel extraordinarily 'tired' are not as active. This inactivity leads to increased weight and decreased cardiovascular health. People with nocturnal cramping (night cramps, 'Charley horses' and varieties of 'secondary' restless symptoms are often sleep deprived. People with unsightly legs often have a diminished quality of life….they no longer go the beach and they stay inside more because walking about all covered up in the Florida heat is difficult. The ladies often will not wear shorts or dresses and alter their lives accordingly. One patient said we had 'fixed her complexion'….we said we could not take credit for that….she said it was a 'positive' domino effect: she said she used to lay on the couch for weeks thinking about raking her yard but delaying it, knowing that an hour on her feet would lead to many hours of leg pain and laying on the couch with her feet up. She said that now, after treatment, she just pops up and does it. Beyond that, she bought shorts and walked more and she bought nice dresses and joined a belly-dancing class (at 74!)….she enjoys going out, the camaraderie of the other ladies her age, the music and the exercise. This patient looks ten years younger….she has color in her checks (she is no longer grey faced), she has a sparkle in her eye (no longer does she appear kind of sad), and she has a confident walk (she is no longer painfully shuffling). She says that her legs are Younger!!! ....her legs feel and look 'younger'. She says our treatment of her legs pushed over the first domino and helped her change her life.

Act now!
Take care of yourself!
Call 727-865-6941 in Pinellas County.
Call 813-634-1333 in Hillsborough County.
Schedule a free educational consultation.
Like they say in the Nike ad:
"Just do it!"
What ARE you waiting for?!

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Dunedin, Palm Harbor,
New Port Richey, Odessa
34918 US-19 N
Palm Harbor, FL 34684

Largo
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Serving the cities of:
Belleair, Seminole,
Clearwater
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Largo, FL 33770

Largo
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Serving the cities of:
Seminole, Pinellas Park,
Clearwater
7241 Bryan Dairy Road
Largo, FL 33777

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St. Pete Beach, Tierra Verde,
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St. Petersburg, FL 33715

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Serving the cities of:
Tampa, Wimauma,
Ruskin, Apollo Beach
4040 Upper Creek Drive, Suite #105
Sun City Center, FL 33573

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Daniel J. Mountcastle, MD, FAAEM, Director
Board Certified
Ohio State University College of Medicine,
Class of 1974
Specialty Practice for Leg Veins,
Member of American College of Phlebology