Comfortable & sedentary lifestyle, modern fashion, special postures adopted while performing professional duties have contributed to increased incidence of a set of diseases unheard in past. Varicose vein disease is one of them and is a direct result of a sedentary life style, adopted by modern youth today. The problem of varicose veins has become very common during these days. According to one estimate, 15 to 20 per cent of population in our country is suffering from varicose vein problems these days.
Ladies suffer from varicose vein problems four times more than their male counter-parts. There is an increased risk of development of varicose vein among young females who wear tight jeans & high- heeled sandals.
Dr. K. K. Pandey is a Senior Consultant in Cardiothoracic, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, with nearly 30 years of surgical experience. He has previously worked at Batra Hospital, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi and the Bakulev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery in Moscow. Dr. Pandey specializes in thoracic, lung and chest tumour surgery, varicose veins, vascular bypass procedures and diabetic foot management, using both open and minimally invasive techniques. A surgeon, writer and health educator, he regularly writes columns and books to make complex medical topics easy for the general public, believing that medical knowledge must reach every common person.