WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2002: Re: Vascular problems

Re: Vascular problems - Need Help!

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:28:59 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Chantal wrote: >
>Hi, I am an 18 year old female. I have had vein problems all of my
>life; I was born with spider veins all over my body, which have only
>gotten worse as I have gotten older. I am currently undergoing
>sclerotherapy to eliminate these as much as possible. However, my *new*
>concern now are blue veins (reticular?) all over the place. Veins on my
>chest, arms, legs, and stomach have all become visible just recently
>(within the past month) where there weren't any before. On top of this,
>I have aches all over my body almost constantly. I went to the doctor
>about the blue veins on my legs (which look different than the ones on
>the rest of my body, the ones in my legs are about two inches in length
>whereas the rest of my veins are long) and the aching (at which point I
>didn't have aching in the rest of my body) and she said that the aching
>and the veins were the beginning of varicose veins and gave me exercises
>to do. Okay, but since then I have aching all over the place (chest,
>arms, shoulders), and these weird looking veins are showing up. What is
>going on and is there anything I can do to make these veins and the
>aching go away, or at the very least prevent new veins from showing up?
>Thank you for your time.

See a Rheumatologist and get a good diagnosis. This does not sound like varicose veins.

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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