Varicose Veins

Get Email Updates

Related Topics

More

Varicose Veins Guide

Christine Jeffries

Have a question? We're here to help. Ask the Community.

ASK

Free Newsletter

Receive the latest and greatest in women's health and wellness from EmpowHER!

Varicose Veins, Can This Be A Fatal Diagnosis? - Dr. Navarro (VIDEO)

By Dr. Luis Navarro Expert May 29, 2009 - 11:36am
 
Rate This

Dr. Navarro describes if varicose veins are ever a fatal diagnosis.

More Videos from Dr. Luis Navarro 41 videos in this series

Dr. Navarro:

No, varicose veins cannot be fatal. Varicose veins is a disease that progresses very slowly. It takes a few years. First, it’s only unsightly. Then after a few years, you develop some symptoms, and after a few years, 10, 15, 20, you will develop some complications; ankle swelling, skin changes, dermatitis, cellulitis, and then ulceration, and the veins may also bleed in the late stages.

Now, of course, if you are in bed sleeping and varicose veins ruptures, conceptually it could become fatal, but that’s something that maybe happens a few times only every hundred years.

About Dr. Navarro, M.D., F.A.C.S.:
Luis Navarro, M.D., F.A.C.S., is the Founder and Medical Director of The Vein Treatment Center, established in 1982. Dr. Navarro is a General Surgeon, originally board certified in 1976. He is also a senior Clinical Instructor of Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where he was Chief Surgical Resident. Dr. Navarro graduated cum laude from the University of Barcelona Medical School in his native Spain. He is affiliated with Beth Israel Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Navarro is a Diplomate of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American College of Phlebology, International Union of Phlebology, Canadian Society of Phlebology, American Society of Laser Medicine, and numerous other venous-related societies.

Visit Dr. Navarro at The Vein Treatment Center

 
Rate This

Around the Web

Take our Featured Poll

Do you know what your cholesterol levels are? :
View Results