Relieve Swollen, Tired, Achy Legs with an Outpatient Visit

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Modern Heart and Vascular Institute in Humble, TX, Katy, TX & Cleveland, TX is a state-of-the-art cardiovascular practice equipped with cutting-edge diagnostic tools used to assess heart health and diagnose cardiac conditions in the earliest of stages.
We specialize in all aspects of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. We diagnose and treats arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease, vein disease, and high blood pressure. The practice also expertly manages cardiac conditions in people with diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, obesity, family history of premature heart disease, etc.
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Damaged veins in your legs left untreated can cause serious problems down the road.
Here to tell us the signs and symptoms of vein disease,
and discuss the best treatment options before it's too late
is cardiologist Dr. Rajiv Agarwal with Modern Heart and Vascular Institute, good morning.
- Good morning, Deborah, go Astros!
- Go Astros, absolutely.
I'm sure that a lot of people who are watching from home
because they can't get up and walk those city blocks to get down to that parade.
When it comes to arteries and vein disease,
if you have a problem with that your entire body is impacted.
- Yeah, your whole body has thousands and thousands of miles of blood vessels,
arteries take blood from the heart and go to the toes and arms, and wherever
and veins bring them back, so very important to have excellent circulation, Deborah.
- Like most situations, if you catch it early it's easier to treat but even advanced cases
you've been able to take care of.
But a lot of people probably dismiss those symptoms in the beginning
because they think it's just, you know, a muscular issue,
or, " I'm just tired," or, "It's just age."
Let's talk about some of the arteries' poor circulation symptoms.
- Yeah, the artery symptoms, the key factor is that they happen with exertion.
So if someone has symptoms in their legs, with walking, then it's more likely arteries.
So you get fatigue, tiredness, numbness in the legs, but with exertion.
whereas with the veins you get symptoms at rest.
So if you get swelling, varicose veins, fatigue in the legs, charley horses, cramps,
just any achiness in the legs, but more at night
or while you're sitting or standing, it's way more likely to be veins.
And it's all preventable and curable.
- Yeah, let's talk about some of the risk factors, start with arterial disease.
- Arterial disease, like any blockages you get in any of the arteries
including the heart or legs, so you have diabetes, blood pressure,
cholesterol, smoking, stress, obesity,
those are the most common ones for arterial disease.
- And venus?
- Venus is a more sedentary lifestyle, so people that aren't moving a lot.
Secretaries, flight attendants, teachers,
hey, lotta teachers are home today 'cause schools are closed,
they know what I'm talking about, they get fatigue with standing or sitting.
And the risk factors being overweight, sedentary lifestyle,
and birth control medications also do damage to the veins.
- To diagnose, is actually pretty easy so people don't have to worry about that.
It's non-invasive, they come in, you sit down, and first of all, talk to them,
get a good record of what's going on, but it's very easy to diagnose.
- Very, very easy.
Some people are afraid that we're gonna be doing too much for them.
No, no, no, we talk with them, we figure out is it more likely to be arterial or venus?
Then you get a ultrasound of the legs, which pretty much clinches the diagnosis.
Of course we're examining the legs looking for those varicose veins,
spider veins, just any skin changes.
A lot of people even have wounds and ulcers that they've gone on for months untreated
and we can make them go away with the proper treatment.
- And Dr. Agarwal, this is such an important point to that.
I have talked to so many people who said,
"Yeah, I went to my dermatologist,"or, " I went to,"
and it's not a dermatological issue, that's kind of the symptom of the problem.
But as you always say, let's get to the root of the problem
so that you don't have those symptoms.
What are some of the treatments?
I know there's like the Roto-Rooter, we joke about the Roto-Rooter procedure
which can be very quick and easy for people.
That's for the arteries.
So if you have blockages in your arteries we have you come in, outpatient procedure,
you come in, you go home the same day.
We can open up the blockages with literally a Roto-Rooter type of device
that's called an atherectomy device.
You can clean up the blood vessel, open it up, and then you go home.
For the vein disease, that's very different, that's done in the office,
you don't even have to go to any hospital or facility.
There are multiple ways to fix veins, it could be heat, it could be glue, it could be foam,
but initially we start with compression stockings.
The veins get bigger and we bring the veins back to normal size
with the compression stockings and a lot of times that's all it takes.
But sometimes people need procedures and they're done in the office.
- One of the other things that you treat that can be a result of vein disease
is restless leg syndrome, also a lot of swelling.
I have a woman who I met, she is so upset that she can't wear her go-go boots
because she's like, "I go to zip them up and they won't zip
because my legs start swelling in the middle of the day."
But you can also address those issues.
- Yes, actually, my mom had swelling and she had some restless legs and we fixed her veins.
This was a few years ago, she has not had an inch of swelling since then.
So these symptoms can be gone away.
Like you said, find the root cause of the problem, you address it,
you make it go away, non-surgical, done in the office,
insurance covers for it, and it's a life changer.
It's like having a car with four new tires put on,
your life just changes immediately, within a week you're walking better,
your balance is better, you're sleeping better,
you wake up refreshed, you just feel good.
- So your Mom feels good now but is she wearing go-go boots?
- She feels great and she's been rooting on the Astros.
- All right, get her a pair of boots, orange boots on top of that.
Thank you, Dr. Agarwal.
- Thank you, Deborah.
To book an appointment with a board-certified cardiologist
at Modern Heart and Vascular Institute.
Visit them online at modernheartandvascular.com
or give them a call at this number 832-644-8930.
Again, that's 832-644-8930.
They accept most major insurances including Medicare.
Appointments fill up fast so contact them today.
And by the way, they have doctors who are fluent in Spanish as well.
It only takes a minute to schedule a vein screening and it could save your legs
and make getting around a lot more comfortable.