Unpleasant sensations in the legs may indicate venous insufficiency.

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A feeling of heaviness in the legs, frequent cramps, and other unpleasant symptoms may indicate venous insufficiency.

Venous insufficiency is characterized by dysfunction of the walls and valves of the veins of the lower extremities – as a result of such a violation, blood cannot be effectively transported from the legs to the heart. This condition causes blood to “stagnate” in the veins of the legs.

According to the doctor, there are various factors that contribute to venous insufficiency – the main and most common are deep vein thrombosis and secondary varicose veins. In the case of deep vein thrombosis, clots prevent the unhindered flow of blood, and it, accumulating behind the clot, gradually damages the walls of the veins.

Other factors that contribute to venous insufficiency: obesity, pregnancy, smoking, muscle weakness or injury to the leg, swelling of the superficial veins (phlebitis), a sedentary lifestyle, heredity (family history of venous insufficiency). Venous insufficiency occurs more often in women than in men.

Speaking of symptoms, the surgeon named the unpleasant sensations in the legs that may indicate venous insufficiency:

• Swelling in the feet or ankles.
• Pain in the feet that worsens when standing and is relieved when the foot is raised.
• Frequent leg cramps.
• Feeling of heaviness or pulsation in the lower extremities.
• Itching in the feet.
• Weakness in the lower extremities.