Terminology
Here are terms and definitions used by Vein Clinic PA and the medical community:
- Compression Stockings
- Special hoisery that promotes rapid healing. Provides a gradient of pressure – more compressive at the lower end and gradually decreasing towards the upper end.
- Eczema
- Dry, flaky skin rash.
- Edema
- Swelling.
- EVLA
- Endovenous Laser Ablation
- Method of treating varicose veins and venous insufficiency using fiber optics to shine laser light into the vein, causing it to close.
- M.D.
- Medical Doctor
- N.P.
- Nurse Practitioner
- Ohmic Thermolysis
- Method of treating Telangectasias using high-frequency energy to eliminate visible spider veins.
- Phlebitis
- Inflammation of the vein.
- Phlebologist
- Vein specialist.
- Phlebology
- The study of venous disease.
- RLS
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Varicose veins do not cause RLS, but do have many symptoms in common, such as itching, tingling and burning and a constant urge to move you legs.
- Sclerotherapy
- Method of treating varicose veins and venous insufficiency using medication injected into a vein, causing it to close. Also known as Ultrasound Guided Sclerotherapy.
- TCC
- Transcatheter Closure
- A tiny catheter is used to deliver medication to the entire length of a vein at one time, through a single entry point.
- Telangiectasia
- Spider veins.
- Ulcers
- Skin sores.
- USGS
- Ultrasound Guided Sclerotherapy
- Varicose Veins
- Enlarged veins in the legs that are often visible on the skin surface. They are diseased veins that no longer allow proper blood flow.
- Vein Mapping
- A non-invasive ultrasound examination of the veins in your legs showing the size & shape of your veins, blood flow, and how the valves in your veins are functioning.
- Venous Insufficiency
- Condition that occurs when one-way valves inside a vein are damaged, and upward flow of blood is impaired.
- VCPA
- Vein Clinic Professional Association