What is Chronic venous insufficiency?
Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition of the limbs, which results in superficial venous reflux - saphenofemoral and / or saphenopopliteal . The most common cause of the disease is inefficient ejection of the blood and increased venous pressure in the lower extremities. One of the sings of the disease are the vidible varicose veins.
What are the causes?
Recent studies show that 2 million Bulgarians suffer from chronic venous insufficiency. The most commun causes are sedentary lifestyle, lack of excercise, prolonged standing, obesity, hormonal changes and even a genetic predisposition to chronic venous insufficiency.
What are the symptoms?
The symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency are: aching, heavy and uncomfortable legs, weakness, burning or throbbing in your legs, muscle crams, swelling of the legs and varicose veins. Besides the physical discomfort , CVI lead to aesthetic problems for most patients.
What is the recommended treatement?
The classic treatment involves surgery resulting in scars which trouble most of the patients. Dr. Kyuchukov offers a completely bloodless treatment method without scarring. This is the new laser method EVLA .