In our country people are quite ignorant of this disease of varicose veins. Patients of varicose veins due to ignorance, either goes to a general surgeon, a general physician or a bone specialist for consultation. When varicose veins gets complicated & turns into a varicose ulcer, these patients then go to either a skin specialist or a homoeopath for treatment of so-called eczema & skin problem. Sometimes varicose vein is misdiagnosed as arthritis or sciatica. Because of ignorance & misdiagnosis, a patient of varicose vein keeps on shunting from one specialist to another. This leads to a considerable delay in treatment and disability increases.
If any person is having blue colored visible spider-like veins or blue- colored long threads under skin & dark colored patches or ulcer in legs, immediately consult a Vascular Surgeon instead of a general surgeon. If suspicion of varicose vein arises, never make delay in seeking consultation & treatment by a Vascular Surgeon, so that timely intervention may prevent further complications.
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.