Do You Have Small Red Vein Clusters on Your Face? If you have broken capillaries, spider veins, or spider vein clusters called telangiectasia, you have vein treatment options. These tiny veins lie just beneath the surface of your skin, making them very delicate and susceptible to becoming enlarged or spreading. However, new technology allows us…
When Orthopedic and Venous Disease Collide. “Orthovenous” disease you ask? What is that? Is that even a disease or a word? Well…not exactly, but it is a neologism I have created to describe a much more common entity I have encountered in my vein focused practice. Patients with orthopedic disease are of the age group…
Have seen back to back patients this morning with severe venous insufficiency involving the left great saphenous vein. Both patients had history of multiple episodes of significant external hemorrhage. Neither had external signs of varicose veins but both had what appeared to be large spider veins (called telangiectasias) in the pretibial region (front of the…
Rachel Norton has been teaching first grade since 1994. In her free time, she likes to go to the beach with her husband and daughters. Rachel, who also likes to cook and craft, is a Florida native who relocated from one coast to the other. “I’m from Miami and I moved to Lehigh Acres in…
Joseph G. Magnant, M.D., F.A.C.S., R.P.VI. Restless legs syndrome, or RLS, is believed to affect as much as ten percent of the population in the United States. A patient, Laura, is among that group, but it wasn’t until she was older that her RLS symptoms really began to distress her. It was in the evenings…
After years of suffering with symptoms of vein disease, Lynn learned the truth and discovered a minimally invasive treatment to cure her symptoms! Dr. Joseph Magnant, Vascular Surgeon and Vein Expert The swelling and achiness in her legs started long before Lynn retired from her career in business development 11 years ago. Aside from gardening,…
Joseph G. Magnant, MD, FACS, RPVI As each New Year dawns, many of us spend the weeks or months preceding the turning of the calendar contemplating potential New Year resolutions. I have RESOLVED to renew and further my commitment to the education of the general public and physician community regarding the wide variety of presentations…
Fran, an active medical office manager for her husband’s OB-GYN practice, decided to retire near the Gulf waters in Cape Coral. Happy in her Florida home, Fran immediately became involved in her community. She found herself on the go all the time. As she stayed busy with all of her activities, her knee began…
Joan, a 45 year old cath lab scrub tech had been suffering with progressive leg swelling for at least 15 years. Although she did have a history of varicose veins in family, she did not have any signs of varicose veins, and had been told by a number of medical professionals that her excess weight…
Thick, discolored or inflamed skin and wounds that won’t heal are visible signs of advanced, treatable venous insufficiency. Recently a local stage performer in Lehigh Acres was taken aback by the large pool of blood that had formed at his feet as he performed on stage with his band. Swiftly, he was whisked away from…
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