I have had two prior pregnancies but am planning another soon, so should I wait to have EVLT until after? My insufficiency is in a small saphonous vein in the left calf area. I have minor pain and varicose veins that actually bulge.
Due to the higher incidence of deep vein thrombosis, as well as the fact that during pregnancy your veins are maximally dilated through pressure and hormones, it would be advisable to wait three months after you deliver to begin treatment.
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Vein ablation should not be done during pregnancy. Between pregnancies you can treat the venous problems. By treating them you may alleviate any potential vein problems from that vein during future pregnancies.
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I get this question a lot. It really depends on you. If you are comfortable enough to wait then you should wait and treat your veins after you next pregnancy.
However, if the veins are bothering you badly now, they may get worse after pregnancy and make the treatment more costly and lengthy.... not to mention you don't want to have to worry or suffer with one more thing while having to deal with being pregnant.
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As long as you are not currently pregnant it would be fine to get treated now if you are symptomatic.
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I would advocate treating the reflux while between pregnancies, alleviating current symptoms and making future pregnancies easier to bear. You are young and have a predisposition to developing varicose veins, so you ought to anticipate other varicosities with aging. Treatment now will not cause new veins to form and will give good symptomatic relief.
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The day you become pregnant your body secretes hormones that relaxes the veins and your blood volume starts to increase gradually so that it is around double your normal blood volume. As well your uterus grows etc. This all causes the veins to worsen. If your vein is bothering you a great deal now, I would treat it. If you are planning a pregnancy soon, you may want to wait as the veins may get worse in pregnancy and you may need other veins treated as well. I would wear compression hose during your pregnancy either way. Hope this helps.
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That is what the CVD doctors recommend.
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If you are not pregnant yet, it will be better for you treat your veins now. You will be happy you have done so.
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Patients who need vein treatment generally will do best if they get them treated between pregnancies.
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If you're planning the pregnancy soon I would wait until at least 6 mo after your pregnancy. Wear support hose during your pregnancy however.
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That is up to you. If you get a recurrence after treatment it is unlikely to be from the ablated vein.
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You do not need to wait. Taking care of bad veins will make future pregnancies easier on you as well.
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