New Jersey Vein Expert: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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If you consider all of the tremendous advances that have taken place in the treatment of venous disorders in the last two decades, vein disease really should not be as prevalent as it still is. Vein disorders can now be treated as quickly and easily as they can be diagnosed – in the comfort of a doctor's office, and using non-invasive procedures so painless that they don't even require anesthesia. So why does vein disease still affect over 26 million Americans a year, causing much suffering, and even hundreds of thousands of deaths? The answer to this question is a combination of "too much misinformation" and "too little real information" about the nature of vein disease.

To correct this situation, in this article one of the top vein doctors in Bergen County is going to take a somewhat light-hearted approach to a serious subject and talk about vein disease in terms of the title of a famous Clint Eastwood "Spaghetti Western" movie title – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The facts we want to emphasize about vein disease really do fall into these three categories, but to save the "Good" for last, we'll start at the end and work backwards.

"The Ugly" – vein disease is physically unattractive

If you're one of the millions of people who have varicose veins, you already know what "the Ugly" of vein disease is – you see it in the mirror every day. Varicose veins are so unattractive that most people hide them under long pants and dark stockings because they're ashamed of how their legs look. But the real ugliness of varicose veins is the disease that causes them: chronic venous insufficiency. CVI impairs your immune system and can leave you with painfully swollen legs and ankles and without the energy to stand or walk for more than a few minutes. And the ugliest part of CVI is that you don't seek treatment from a New Jersey vein expert, your varicose veins can become infected and covered with open, bleeding sores that turn your legs into literally an ugly mess.

"The Bad" – vein disease is dangerous and impairs your overall health

In addition to being ugly, CVI and varicose veins are Bad for you because they cripple your immune system and increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. That's Bad, but it gets worse because there is more serious form of vein disease called deep vein thrombosis (DVT) that can literally kill you. DVT causes blood clots to form in the large veins of your legs. If these clots travel through to the brain they can cause a stroke, and if they travel to your lungs they can cause a pulmonary embolism. Both conditions are potentially fatal, and in fact DVT causes 300,000 deaths every year. Now that is Bad.

"The Good" – vein disease is easily diagnosed and treated

Finally we get to "the Good," and there IS lots of Good. Thanks to advances like ultrasound, which allows varicose vein removal experts in New Jersey to look below the surface of the skin without making incisions, vein disease is easy to detect. And most forms of vein disease – including CVI and DVT – are almost as easy to treat. The treatments we offer are so fast that patients actually have their varicose veins removed on their lunch hour – without having to go to a hospital, without the need for anesthesia, and without the need for long "recovery periods" because there is nothing to recover from.

Dr. John Chuback treats vein problems using state-of-the-art methods such as sclerotherapy, endovenous laser treatment, ambulatory phlebectomy, and radiofrequency ablation. These minimally-invasive procedures are so fast and easy that you can literally walk in to our offices with varicose veins or other vein problems and walk out a short time later without them. And all it takes to get him on your team to fight the "Bad" and "Ugly" of vein disease is a phone call to Chuback Medical Group at (201) 693-4847.