Stroke is serious. It is the third-largest cause of death in the U.S., and the first-largest cause of long-term disability. Someone in America has a stroke every 40 seconds, and worldwide the statistics are even more dire – over 15 million have strokes each year, of whom 1/3 die and another 1/3 become permanently disabled. … Read more

If someone were to ask you, “What is the worst side effect of your varicose veins?” chances are you’d focus on how unattractive they make your legs look. You might mention the sense of dread with which you gaze at your own image in the mirror – hoping every day that the bulging, discolored veins … Read more

Any discussion of vein disease treatment has to cover a lot of ground, because there is such a range of treatment options. For example, there are conservative treatments that focus on bringing the symptoms of varicose veins or other vein diseases more under control with diet, exercise, lifestyle changes, and the use of compression stockings … Read more

As a Flower Mound vein specialist, I often encounter patients whose varicose veins have gotten so bad that they can barely walk. They have chronically swollen legs and ankles, have stopped exercising and doing things they enjoy like playing sports or dancing, and instead sit around much of the time saying “My legs hurt.” When … Read more

Let’s face it…no one wants to end up in the hospital. So when your doctor tells you that you have high blood pressure and high cholesterol or other signs of arterial disease and that if you don’t do something about it you’ll end up in the hospital, you listen, right? But strangely enough, when people are … Read more

For those who have been trying to “live with” vein disease without having it treated, the idea that it could affect their job often just doesn’t compute. We often hear our patients say things like, “Sure, my varicose veins have affected the way that I dress, and they certainly affect my sense of self-esteem and … Read more

When it comes to staying in good health, people’s “weakest link” is often the condition they don’t pay attention to and have treated, because they believe they don’t need to. For many people, that “weakest link” is their varicose veins. Many of these folks have had varicose veins for so long that they have begun to take … Read more

Vein disease and arterial disease fall under the medical “umbrella” of vascular disease, which is usually defined as any condition that impairs the proper functioning of the circulatory system. Your circulatory system consists of arteries (to convey oxygenated blood from the heart and lungs to other parts of the body) and veins (to convey the deoxygenated … Read more

Many people have the mistaken idea that vein disease is something that affects only the elderly. That is partly because most of the people they see on the street with visible varicose veins are older. And while it is true that age is a factor (50% of women over 65 have varicose veins, while only … Read more

Whether you have varicose veins or not, in this article we will present some facts about them that you didn’t know before. You may find them interesting enough that you’ll want to share them with your friends. Your friends will be interested, too, because according to statistics if they’re over the age of 55 there … Read more