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Dr Ahmed Shalan
Revela Clinic
What are the early symptoms of varicose veins and how do they progress?
Early signs of varicose veins may include heaviness and swelling. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Shalan explains how symptoms can progress if untreated.
Transcript
You will see varicose vein in your leg and it might be only cosmetic in the first phases.
However, with the time, people and you might experience heaviness and tiredness of your leg due to the swelling appears at the end of the day.
You can also see symptoms such as inflammation of the skin and in a later stage, you can have damaged skin ending up with a leg ulcer.
The good news is varicose vein treatment is very common and very accessible that if you catch it in a good time before you develop the complication, you can avoid progressing to quite disabling symptoms and you will enjoy a very good quality of life improving your symptoms from varicose vein.