Varicose veins may appear to be nothing more than a cosmetic issue, when in fact this condition could impact long-term health.
“People think they’ll live with the varicose veins or that if they don’t think about them they won’t bother them. But if you don’t take care of them they get progressively worse.”
I t took eight pregnancies before Sarah finally did something about the unsightly painful purple veins crawling up her legs.
Though she’d suffered from varicose veins during most of her pregnancies no vascular surgeon would treat her during pregnancy; afterward the condition would improve on its own so she’d lose her motivation to seek treatment. This time though she’d made it a priority to see a doctor before her varicose veins disappeared. That decision proved to be a lifesaver.
Four weeks after the birth of her eighth child Sarah went for an MRV (magnetic resonance venography) a type of imaging similar to an MRI that focuses specifically on blood vessels.
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