Questions to ask your doctor
If you've been diagnosed with varicose veins, you may want to talk to your doctor to find out more.
Here are some questions that you might want to ask.
- Which veins in my legs are causing the problem? Where are they?
- Will my varicose veins get worse?
- What might have caused my varicose veins?
- Will my varicose veins cause medical problems? How likely is this?
- Are my deep veins healthy?
- Will treatment make my varicose veins go away?
- Will treatment ease my tired, aching legs?
- Will my veins come back after treatment? How likely is this? How soon will they come back?
- Will I get other varicose veins?
- What are the risks of injections for varicose veins?
- What are the risks of surgery?
- If I choose surgery, how will the doctor do the operation?
- Will it hurt?
- Will I need to take time off work?
This information was last updated in Jan 03, 2008
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