Dr. Saliveros Apostolos

Patients that suffer from vein insufficiency see their legs keep swelling especially after long standing and usually the swelling is at the ankles. The swelling is due to the back flow of the blood or the exavassation of it (the fluid comes out of the vein wall and is “spilled” inside the leg and accumulates in the lower possible place).

There are many causes of leg swelling : vein insufficiency, heart insufficiency, kidney insufficiency, liver insufficiency, drug counter effect, arthritis, uric acid arthritis, inflammation. When we experience leg swelling we must visit our pathologist who 1. Has our medical history and may suspect in an instance what is the cause of it 2. If he has no confirmed suspicion already of what is the cause he will ask for special exams that will find the cause. In the case that the cause is found to be a pathology in the vascular system then he will send you to the specialist (vascular surgeon) for treatment.