Venous Insufficiency

Venous insufficiency is a condition where the veins have problems sending blood from the legs back to the heart and causes what we usually recognize as varicose veins. In venous insufficiency states, venous blood escapes from its normal path and refluxes back down in to veins in already congested leg.

Venous insufficiency syndromes are most commonly caused by valve failure in the superficial system but may also result from valve failure in deep venous system.

Untreated venous insufficiency can cause a breakdown that involves pain, swelling, skin changes and eventual tissue breakdown.