In today’s fast-paced world, patients have come to realize the importance of making the time to have routine screenings for a variety of health issues. The importance of regularly scheduled health testing has proven to be instrumental in early detection and successful treatment implementation for many diseases.
A routine screening at a vein clinic in Orlando should be equally important when it comes to your vein health. If you have received treatment for spider veins or varicose veins and they have reappeared, it’s almost guaranteed that you are experiencing the effects of reflux. A venous Doppler or a Doppler exam is a non-invasive test that is performed with an ultrasound machine to determine whether or not you have reflux in your vein walls.
Reflux occurs when there is damage to the valves within the veins. When the valves don’t function properly, the blood being circulated is not sufficiently propelled to the heart and lungs for re-oxygenation. It begins to pool and results in spider and/or varicose veins as the walls of the vessel try to adapt to contain the blood causing them to expand. This swelling can cause the following symptoms: itchiness, skin discoloration, bulging, achiness, and pain. The pooling of the blood resulting from reflux puts patients at higher risk for developing deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots in the veins.
The venous Doppler exam is not painful and is performed by a highly trained specialist in the offices of Florida Vein Care Center. Using reflected sound waves transmitted through the body, images appear on the screen indicating the anatomy of the veins and valves and can diagnose formations of blood clots (thrombus formations). The technician will enable audible sound periodically to further study the effects of mild compression to certain key areas of the body being tested. If you have ever had an ultrasound for any other diagnostic workup, then you know it is painless and takes about 30 minutes.
Here at Florida Vein Care, we believe that it is in your best interest if we first determine the cause of varicose and spider veins. Reflux issues must be treated successfully before we can move forward. We recognized that not all varicose and spider veins are caused by reflux and, if treated early, the odds are likely that they will not return. If they are caused by reflux, it just makes good sense to treat that effectively first. Don’t put off scheduling an appointment at our vein clinic in Orlando because you are concerned about having a Doppler; it’s painless, takes little time out of your busy schedule and we will quickly and accurately diagnose your vein health. Aren’t you worth it?
