AboutLauri Ordway Expertise I can answer your questions related to peripheral vacular disorders. This includes all arteries and veins except those inside the head and inside the heart. IE: neck (carotid), arms (carotid subclavian bypases to Thoracic Outlet) belly (aortic aneurysm & occlusive disorders, renal artery stenosis), legs (iliac, femoral, popliteal, peroneal, dorasalis pedis, posterior and anterior tibial) arteries. Aneurysm & occlusive disease, atherosclerosis, leg pain, arterial wounds and gangrene, amputation prevention. Vein disorders: Blood Clots (DVT), post-phlebetic syndrome, varicose veins, venous stasis ulcers. I can help with vascular wound treatments. Also, Raynauds, Buerger`s disease, Thoracic Outlet and other miscellaneous vascular disorders.
I CANNOT answer questions about your heart disease, blood pressure, brain aneurysm, although I can help with questions about the arteries that go to and from those organs.
Experience I am a nurse, I have worked for 14 years with two terrific peripheral vascular surgeons, one of them is also the inventor of very innovative wound care products and surgical instruments to make vascular surgery procedures better and faster. I wrote and manage our clinic website and field questions from patients all over the world.
Expert: Lauri Ordway Date: 6/6/2007 Subject: Deep venous insufficiency
Question I am a 36 year old female. I am 5ft. 4 in tall and weigh around 155. Several years ago I was diagnosed with Chronic venous insufficiency of the deep veins in my leg. Something to do with reflux at the sapheno- popliteal veins. They just keep telling me I have some reflux in the deep system. Last year my doctor closed my lesser saphenous vein with the laser, she said that would help with some of the pain and swelling in my leg. I have also had several sclerothearpy treatments. I have been told that all of this has been done to try and correct my superficial system problems, but I have read a lot on my condition and won't varicose veins rapidly form again if you have deep venous insufficiency? They keep telling me that my leg is looking much better, every time i have the sclerotherapy done they use the ultrasound. So for the past year I haven't seen any outward change just with my symptoms. So will these treatments help my leg for a while? This last sclerotherapy session was the first one to take care of the veins that are noticeable on my leg. So everything else has been medically necessary. I still get some swelling and heaviness in the leg towards the end of the day, but it is does feel much better and so far doesn't seem to swell as much as before I had all of this done. I was also told that my greater saphenous would probably give me trouble at some point, nothing to worry about now. I have been told I should be wearing compression stockings for the rest of my life but these are terrible to someone that is young and active like myself. Is horse chestnut or daflon something that I could take instead of wearing the compression stockings? Sorry to ask so many questions but I am always trying to get many different opinions about treatment options.
Answer are you SURE the DEEP veins have insufficiency? not the superficial system?
veins reform (called neo-vessels) no matter what but yes, if there veins removed or eliminated, this can happen more quickly.
there is no scientific data on horse chestrnut etc that says it helps.
what part of your leg are they injecting? above or below the knee? Lauri
