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Healthy Living: Lunch Break Varicose Vein Surgery
Portia Lake
Story Created:
Jun 1, 2010 at 8:28 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Jun 1, 2010 at 8:33 PM CDT
Half of Americans over 50 have severe varicose veins.
In tonight's healthy living, a new surgery being done in Macon can take care of those problems in one short lunch break.
Hal is one of the 25-30 million Americans living with the pain, swelling and disfigurement of severe varicose veins.
New treatment options at Vein Specialists of the South can resolve Hal's painful condition.
As they were getting worse, circulation was not as efficient so when I came in and they did the ultrasound, all the blood was going down in one leg and not going back up. And it was going to get worse.
Hal came to Dr. Kenneth Harper to see what he could do for relief for his common condition.
Dr. Kenneth Harper: Some of the common complaints are tiredness in the legs, aching, heaviness, and cramps at night, burning and itching at night are some of the things that patients complain of. The itching and stinging.
Dr. Harper recommended a catheter procedure that uses a radio frequency to resolve the condition by heating and sealing the primary leg vein in about two minutes inside the vein.
We call it the miracle on third street, the impact on patient's lives, to stand, to enjoy their lives, to work without pain.
Dr. Ken Harper says the procedure is less invasive, provided immediate relief and covered by Medicare and health insurance.
I think I will be healthier, my legs will be healthier, my circulation will be better. Of course when you look better, you feel better. It is a huge difference in my leg.
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