Is Sclerotherapy Appropriate for Treating Varicose Veins?

Abstract

When the length and size of the veins especially in the leg region gets enlarged, it is referred to as varicose vein. Varicose veins generally appear to be twisted and forms bubble structure at certain points. Thus, any vein that gets twisted and enlarged is known as varicosed vein. A 60 years old male patient was brought to general medicine department with chief complaints of multiple swelling on the medial sides of the lower limb and appearance of enlarged veins in the form of cords over the lower limbs since 2 years. Patient was also treated with non-surgical approach to shrink the varicose veins by injecting 1.3mh/ml of polidocanol solution into the varicose veins at a frequency of once in a day. The therapeutic outcomes are clearly represented in the figures 1 and 2. Varicose veins are most commonly seen in rural population, which may be due to their heavy physical activities in fields and especially in farmers. From the study it was clear that non-surgical approach for varicose vein is an excellent approach for treating varicose vein in patients with less pain and expense. The sclerosants which are used in sclerotherapy procedure includes drugs like polidocanol and Hypertonic saline which are most effective drugs for making the veins to shrink and get to its normal size.