Veinous insufficiency -- has anyone been diagnosed with this condition and after treatment it cured or mitigated the RLS?

[wickedrls]

Veinous insufficiency -- has anyone been diagnosed with this condition and after treatment it cured or mitigated the RLS?

[Pam34]

My son in law is a vascular surgeon and secondary RLS is often a side effect of venous insufficiency so if you are treated and your RLS is secondary then you may find it helps. So really it depends on your medical history and when the RLS started. Even then there are no guarantees.

Unfortunately I have primary RLS so no amount of unhealthy veins would help me!

Pam

[Hidden]

Sorry, as far as I'm aware, the treatment of venous insuffciency is aimed at reducing symptoms, complications and/or appearance.

I think that such treatments do not reverse the insufficiency, so it remains.

I believe that people who have RLS related to venous insufficiency find medical compression stockings of some help in relieving RLS symptoms.

[wickedrls in reply to Hidden]

thank you manerva.

to clarify, are you saying that treatments for venous insufficiency are for cosmetic purposes only? you state that treatments "do not reverse the insufficiency" but do they prevent further deterioration? I have severe neuropathy in both legs, would it help this condition?

[Hidden in reply to wickedrls]

NOT just cosmetic, sorry. Treatments can relieve such symptoms as pain and feelings of heaviness.

Venous insufficiency as you probably know is due to poor blood flow in veins and hence blood is not effectively returned to the heart, as it should be. Some of the blood can "pool" in the veins and in addition water can leak out of the blood and can't get back.in, as it should. This can lead to swelling. In addition as veins aren't emptying of deoxygenated blood properly, oxygenated blood has difficulty getting into capillaries and subsequent oxygen starvation leads to venous ulcers and neuropathy.

It just depends what treatment is given.

Cosmetic only treatment usually consists of closing off or stripping out the affected veins. This in itself doesn't increase blood flow as the blood can no longer get through at all.

Treatments aimed at increasing blood flow can be medications (vadodilators), vein grafts or compression stockings.

Compression stockings are the most common, accessible and free from side effects.

Anything which increases blood flow can minimise deterioration.

Peripheral nerves, I believe, unlike nerves in the spinal chord can regenerate to some extent but if the damage is severe or prolonged, then the chances aren't good. Neuropathy is usually, though not necessarily, irreversible.

It's worth trying to improve blood flow using compression stockings.

These however need to be proper medical stockings and you have to ensure you get the right size. This involves taking certain measurements.

If you see any that are advertised as "one size fits all" they're likely to be either going to be ineffective or dangerous.

I have seen adverts for food supplements and devices that claim to repair nerves, but I have never seen any evidence that any of them work.

There are some things that are known to be "neuroprotective", but this doesn't mean they repair damage, only help prevent it. They are usually strong antioxidants.

They may be worth a try too. It is claimed that antioxidants can help prevent all sorts of things from cancer to growing old and there is some evidence for this. (That doesn't mean they "cure" anything, only reduce the risk).

Celery juice is one such and although you could buy a shed load of celery and an industrial size blender, it's easier to buy celery juice tablets!

Nigella sativa is another, (black seed oil), but I believe celery juice is better for nerves.

[LanaCSR in reply to Hidden]

Since you mentioned it, have you tried celery juice tablets for RLS? If so, did it work and what brand and how much do you take?

[rivaavir]

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[whiteleye]

I had a procedure for venous insufficiency on left leg. I saw no improvement for restless leg and refused to have procedure for right leg. Today, maybe five years later, I am having swelling in left ankle, making me think that the procedure did not help my vascular problem, either. The thing that seems to have helped my restless leg is getting my ferritin levels up with iron supplements. On the other hand, my neighbor had the venous insufficiency procedure and swears it helped his restless leg.

Good luck!

[Ranjits]

What is veinious condition I will go through google