What Are the Treatments for Blocked Veins?

Blocked veins in the body result in an insufficient amount of blood being returned to the heart and should be treated by a physician.

Compression Stockings

• Compression stockings are elastic bandages that wrap around your leg or arm, squeezing your veins and preventing excess blood from flowing backwards.

Sclerotherapy

• A chemical is injected into the affected veins, scarring them so that no blood can fill these veins. Blood that would normally return to the heart in these veins return to the heart in other veins.

Ablation

• A thin, flexible tube called a catheter is inserted in an affected vein. Tiny electrodes at the tip of the catheter heat the walls of the vein and destroy the tissue for that vein.

Valve Repair

• The surgeon shortens the valve inside your vein to improve valve function.

Bypass

• The surgeon can connect an artificial vein to a vein not affected by a blockage to help blood flow around the affected area of your body.