Dr. Mahesh Katoch

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Elevate your legs. For immediate relief from the pain and discomfort associated with varicose veins, elevate your legs above your heart. ... Exercise and stretch your legs. ... Use cold water.

Prevention if you are having varicose veins 1. Do regular exercise, reduce weight if over weight, 2. Avoid tight cothing, 3. Avoid prolonged standing/sitting 3. Keep the leg elevated while sleeping, sitting 4. Consult surgeon for further advice treatment 1. Compression stocking if no relief 2. Sclerotherapy, 3. Laser surgery or vein stripping. 4. Consult a good surgeon for treatment.

Plz get done venous duplex in standing position. We assess severity of disease. And decide about intervention surgery/laser/RFA if required or conservative management if required. Also will like to know is he on any medications for other disease as some of them can cause ankle oedema.

Kindly show me a photograph of the affected part. Rule out diabetes & vit. D deficiency or any other metabolic disorder. Sleep on a hard bed with soft bedding on it. Spring beds, folding beds or thick matress are harmful Do hot fomantation. Paracetamol 250mg od & sos x 5days. Caldikind plus 1tab od x10. Do neck, back & general exercises. It may have to be further investigated. You will need other supportive medicines also. Make sure you are not allergic to any of the medicines you are going to take. If it does not give relief in 1 wk, contact me again. Do not ignore. It could be beginning of a serious problem.

You need to be investigated like ultrasound doppler study of varicose veins to find out where is the defect, that defect has to be treated either by sclerotherapy or laser ablation or RFA, varicose veins may be stripped, keep using compression bandage in 3 layers and leg elevation.

Hello sir, I agreed with the lybrate-user. Kalyani's advice but I want to add one more important point in that and thats 1) try to avoid long standing position as much as possible 2) use the compession stockings 3) use the pneumetic compressive therapy if available at your near by physio centre.

Get a colour doppler test of the lower limbs to determine the exact cause of pain and if possible tell her to wear varicose stockings.

They are not nerves, but veins. Please get a venous doppler of your legs first and consult a vascular surgeon.

Varicose vein. Below knee stocking, avoid prolong standing, drink plenty of water, go for vitamin d and b12 test.