Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)

Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a circulatory system problem that affects the ability of our impure blood to flow properly when returning from the body, mainly legs to the heart. It affects 20 % population, occurring mostly in people over 50, and in women more commonly than men.
At the vascular center now with locations in AURANGABAD, BEED, JALNA, BULDHANA Dr.AMOL LAHOTI, and his EXPERTS AND WELL TRAINED team diagnose and treat all vein problems WHICH includes chronic venous insufficiency, varicose vein, collateral veins. It causes swelling, edema of the leg, blackish discoloration of the skin, itching, dry skin and leads to pain, easy fatigue to venous ulcer, a non-healing wound which is a very painful condition. Since it can impact both your circulatory and overall health, we brought this information on its causes so you’ll know when to seek medical help as in general, we have a tendency to ignore medical issues.
The causes of chronic venous insufficiency
Let us first understand, how our veins-circulatory system works. Our heart pumps out oxygenated blood carried by the pure blood vessel called arteries to all of the body’s tissues. Once the blood releases its oxygen and other nutrients, a network of veins carries the nutrient-poor impure blood back to the heart for purification. Though it’s literally an uphill battle to get from your feet to your heart, your body has built-in mechanisms to help the process called as calf pumps called the peripheral heart.
The first is simple muscle contraction: your calf and thigh muscles contract, squeezing the blood vessels and forcing the blood to move towards the heart. The second is a series of one-way vein valves that snap shut after the blood has passed through to prevent backflow and stagnation.
As we age, the valves naturally and slowly weaken, allowing blood to trickle backward along its path and pool around the valve. In addition, high blood pressure (hypertension) and even being on your feet all day like standing occupation of teachers, security guards, traffic police, office workers put undue stress on the vein walls and on the valves, damaging them slowly. Blood flow becomes sluggish and pools around leading to chronic venous insufficiency.
A third cause is deep vein thrombosis (DVT) — the clinical term for a blood clot developing inside impure and inner large deep veins. When this happens, it becomes an obstacle in the way of the blood, leading to CVI. CVI that develops from DVT is also called a post-thrombotic syndrome, and DVT patients develop this problem following diagnosis if not treated properly and early in the acute stage. You should visit the vascular surgery clinic in Aurangabadwithout delay.
Symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency
While CVI may produce few symptoms initially, it does present several visible symptoms if not treated soon before any complications. Initial manifestations are spider veins and varicose veins which cause swelling, pigmentation, dry skin.
Spider veins are multiple spiders like thin veins located close to the skin’s surface. As blood pools in a damaged vein, it can cause these superficial veins to swell and become more visible. Because they’re so thin, they form a spiderweb-like appearance, most often on the legs and visible more in fair skin people. They may cause discomfort and early fatigue and heaviness of legs more at the end of the day.
Varicose veins are larger than spider veins, and when the blood pools, it causes a protrusion on the skin. The protrusion appears tortuous, irregular, ugly looking red, purple, or blue in color and takes different shapes and appearances like a rope. for this you should consult a vein specialist near me While varicose veins may, like spider veins, be simply a cosmetic concern, they can cause symptoms that include:
• Pain
• Itching
• Swelling
• Heaviness
• Early fatigue
• Dry skin
• Night pain and unable to sleep due to pain,
• Venous ulcer in an advanced stage when ignored for years.

If you have any of the above-mentioned symptoms, you can visit our centers located in all major cities of Maharashtra, varicose vein specialist will guide you for further course and treatment options.