Understanding Your Veins
Our veins play a vital role in the transportation of blood throughout the entire body. Blood helps to transport vital components like oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and blood cells that help your body to fight infection, balance temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis. Vein function and...
Top Foods To Help Reduce Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is a common condition that occurs when the pressure of blood against your blood vessel walls is higher than normal. Over time, the increased pressure can make you more susceptible to serious health problems like heart disease and stroke. There are two types of blood pressure....
Contributing Factors To Venous Disease
Suffering from vein disease, also known as venous insufficiency, can cause painful symptoms and often result in embarrassing varicose and spider veins. It’s important to know what may be causing your vein disease, and the treatment options available to you. What causes vein disease? There are many...
Treating Varicose Veins: What You Need To Know
Varicose veins are embarrassing and painful, bulging veins with a twisted, ropey appearance, usually occurring in the legs. Caused by vein disease, the purple or bluish-colored rope-like appearance is the result of pooling blood within the vein. The pooling of blood occurs when the one-direction...
The Consequences of Untreated Varicose Veins
Varicose veins occur when blood pools in a vein, stretching and damaging other structures within the swollen vessel. Those who are burdened with this condition often experience pain, leg cramps, heaviness, burning, throbbing, or restlessness in the affected leg. The veins are often quite visible,...
5 Easy Habits You Can Start Doing Today To Avoid Varicose Vein Formation
Although the specific cause of varicose veins remains elusive to science, there’s one thing here at our Chicago vein treatment practice that we’re sure about — a combination of certain factors increases one’s risk of the appearance of varicose veins. These factors include advancing age, positive...
Should You Be Concerned About Leg Pain After Long Periods of Standing Or Sitting
Should You Be Concerned About Leg Pain After Long Periods of Standing or Sitting? When you experience pain anywhere in the body, it is a sign that something is wrong. Pain is not a condition in itself, but it is a symptom that should be brought to the attention of a doctor when it is recurring....
What To Expect At Your First Vein Consultation
If you’re tired of looking at unsightly varicose veins and spider veins, it’s time for a consultation with a vein specialist (phlebologist) or vascular surgeon. Your first appointment will begin with a complete medical history overview and physical examination. During this appointment, the doctor...
Varicose Veins Treatment
Has your curiosity ever got you staring at the swollen, gnarled veins in the legs of an elderly person? Ever wondered what could be the possible reason behind this? These are varicose veins, a disorder of the blood vessels. Varicose veins are the visible blue-blood vessels that return blood flow...
Understanding The Basics of Spider Vein Removal
If you suffer from spider veins, you know the problems they can entail. Not only are spider veins unsightly, but they may also pose a health risk. As result, some form of medical treatment, including spider vein removal, may become necessary. You will need to talk to your doctor and, definitely,...
Varicose Veins: Surgery and Recovery
If you suffer from varicose veins, surgery may be the best option. At the Chicago Vein Institute, we can provide you with the help you need to get rid of those unsightly purple, knotty lines that loom out on your skin. With our help, you can reduce the swelling and pain that can accompany it....
Expecting A Baby? You Might Want To Expect Varicose Veins, Too!
As if morning sickness and the frequent urge to pee aren’t enough sources of discomfort, pregnancy also makes you more prone to formation of varicose veins, particularly in the leg area. Here at our Chicago vein treatment practice, we have received a lot of visits from expectant mothers who want...
The Process of Laser Vein Treatment
Today’s technology uses high-powered, specially designed lasers that are safe and allow our doctors to treat varicose and spider veins with minimal risks and very high success rates. Laser vein treatment is a very good option for many of our patients and can be used on the larger, bulging varicose...
Why Are We The Top Vein Care Specialists in Chicago
We understand why determining which medical professional to see for any particular health concern can be confusing and, for many of our patients, a complicated decision. Most people first see their primary care physician and then try to get recommendations to see a specialist. When people have...
Options For Spider Vein Treatment
Many of our patients have small, highly visible veins under the skin that are not typically painful but are aesthetically an issue. These veins typically are most commonly seen on the cheeks, nose, feet, and legs, but they can also occur on the hands and arms as well. In some patients, surface...
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At Chicago Vein Institute, we focus on one thing—vein care. That’s it. While other clinics might offer botox, pain management, or other unrelated services, our entire practice is built around diagnosing and treating vein disease. From varicose veins to spider veins and chronic venous issues, our team uses the latest, minimally invasive treatments to help you feel better and get back to living. We’ve performed over 11,000 vein procedures and offer treatments like Endovenous Laser Ablation (EVLA), Ambulatory Phlebectomy, Sclerotherapy, and wound care for venous ulcers. Same-day appointments are often available, and our multilingual team is here to make sure you feel supported every step of the way.