I don have visible varicose veins, but my legs ache and swell and I have spider veins, Can there be varicose veins inside my leg? Are all varicose veins visible from the outside?
Varicose veins don’t always bulge on the surface of the skin. Many times they are hidden under the skin and can only be seen using Ultrasound technology. For this reason we take a very detailed history and determine if further diagnostic testing is necessary before we do any treatment. Hidden varicose veins are frequently the cause of our patients symptoms. In fact many times patients come to us because they have had their spider veins treated with few or unfavarable results. With our detailed diagnostic evaluation, we find hidden varicose veins that must be treated first.
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