Sclerotherapy side effects

What are the most common sclerotherapy side effects?

There are some possible side effects of treatment include concomitant sclerotherapy, which include:

Nettle or pain at the injection site, swelling of the ankles or legs, or muscle spasms. These usually disappear within 10 to 15 minutes after the injection.

Red, raised dots in places each injection. This should be used within one or two days away, but if the process was wrong and saline solution was injected into the skin and not into a vein, can be held firmly.

Bruising at the site where the needle penetrated the skin. These fade and disappear within a few weeks.

Occasionally a small blood clot develops in a vein injection, can cause pain. If the vein is large and filled with blood clots, a dermatologist may choose to channel the blood from these areas, several weeks after the injection.

Brown lines or spots on the skin at the site of treatment can be addressed through the development of leakage of blood vein. It is more likely in the larger veins, in most cases they disappear within a year. This is a common sclerotherapy side effect.

Red, or the development of a group of fine red blood vessels near the site of injection of larger vessels. Approximately one third of all patients develop red, most disappear on their own, but some modified. Laser therapy is an effective method to treat these secondary vein.

Inflammation of blood vessels treated. When inflammation occurs, is 's easy to treat with aspirin, antibiotics or heating pads.

As with most elective invasive procedures pregnant women should not undergo sclerotherapy. And since salt injection diagnosed contain large quantities of salt with high blood pressure and heart failure sclerotherapy should be avoided. Women with bleeding disorders such as lupus, or deep vein thrombosis should avoid the treatment as well as women with a history of abortion. Some sclerotherapy side effects may be harmful for women in pregnancy.