Have you ever heard of anyone having long-term dizziness/light sensitivity after sclerotherapy?

About 4 days after sclerotherapy I started feeling dizzy. My vision wasn't as good and my eyes were really sensitive to light, especially fluorescent lighting. Have you heard of this before? Is this a side effect from the sclerotherapy? I had a MRI and EKG but nothing showed up.

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Advanced Vein Center

Published on Apr 13, 2017

Side effects from sclerotherapy are usually immediate and resolve within a few hours. So I have not heard of this before, but I suppose it's possible.

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Answered by Advanced Vein Center

Side effects from sclerotherapy are usually immediate and resolve within a few hours. So I have not heard of this before, but I suppose it's possible.

Published on Jul 11, 2012


The Sheen Vein Institute

Published on May 21, 2013

The symptoms that you describe are not typical side effects of sclerotherapy 4 days after the treatment. During the sclerotherapy procedure, a drug is injected directly into the vessel. Any side effects should occur within the first few minutes to hours of the procedure, not 4 days later. That being said, your symptoms parallel a migraine headache. I would continue to follow up with your primary care physician and let them test for the cause.

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Answered by The Sheen Vein Institute

The symptoms that you describe are not typical side effects of sclerotherapy 4 days after the treatment. During the sclerotherapy procedure, a drug is injected directly into the vessel. Any side effects should occur within the first few minutes to hours of the procedure, not 4 days later. That being said, your symptoms parallel a migraine headache. I would continue to follow up with your primary care physician and let them test for the cause.

Published on Jul 11, 2012


Advanced Vein Center

Published on May 20, 2013

One potential complication of foam sclerotherapy is a transient ischemic attack, or "ministroke". This may happen if a patient has a defect that allows blood to flow from the right heart (where blood is returning from the head, body and extremities) to the left heart (where blood will be propelled to the head, body and extremities). In such a case, it is possible for some of the injected microbubbles to make their way into small vessels in the brain, where they may temporarily block flow. Such a right-to-left shunt may be unknown to the patient or to the medical professionals taking care of the patient. If it is known, it may be a contraindication to this procedure. Usually, if this complication occurs, the symptoms are more immediate during or after the procedure, and the symptoms usually resolve promptly. This should not be taken as a diagnosis of your case, it is merely a known potential complication of this procedure. You should follow up with the physician who treated you and request an evaluation.

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Answered by Advanced Vein Center

One potential complication of foam sclerotherapy is a transient ischemic attack, or "ministroke". This may happen if a patient has a defect that allows blood to flow from the right heart (where blood is returning from the head, body and extremities) to the left heart (where blood will be propelled to the head, body and extremities). In such a case, it is possible for some of the injected microbubbles to make their way into small vessels in the brain, where they may temporarily block flow. Such a right-to-left shunt may be unknown to the patient or to the medical professionals taking care of the patient. If it is known, it may be a contraindication to this procedure. Usually, if this complication occurs, the symptoms are more immediate during or after the procedure, and the symptoms usually resolve promptly. This should not be taken as a diagnosis of your case, it is merely a known potential complication of this procedure. You should follow up with the physician who treated you and request an evaluation.

Published on Jul 11, 2012


General Vascular Surgery Group

Published on May 20, 2013

Never heard of such a reaction.

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Answered by General Vascular Surgery Group

Never heard of such a reaction.

Published on Jul 11, 2012


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