Can I get vein treatment while breastfeeding?

If you are experiencing signs of vein disease, as a new or breastfeeding mom, you might need varicose vein treatment. But is this the right time? Your leg pain, ankle/leg swelling and ropy varicose veins are probably harder on you now than ever. You may even have varicose vines for the first time during pregnancy…

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Will Blood Clots Cause High Blood Pressure

It is often discovered that when a person has a blood clot they also have high blood pressure. This leads many people to believe that blood clots which can cause conditions such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may also cause high blood pressure, but the reverse actually happens. High blood pressure causes blood clots. How…

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What is a collapsed vein?

As an adult, you have about 100,000 miles of blood vessels inside your body, forming an interconnected highway that’s responsible for transporting oxygen, nutrients, fluid, disease-fighting cells and other critical elements to every area of your body. Your blood vessels also play an important role in delivering medicine and in providing those blood samples your…

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