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Are Varicose Veins treatment harmful to the foetus?
Varicose veins are a common, usually harmless part of pregnancy for some women. In this video, Professor Alun advises pregnant women to undergo conservative treatments until the baby has been delivered.
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We do not recommend any form of vein intervention in the terms of surgery or endothermal ablation or foam sclerotherapy because of the potential risks to the fetus, even though many of these These risks are probably hypothetical. The recommendation is to go with conservative measures such as advising compression until the lady has delivered and then to perform a reassessment of the patient and their legs to see if they then warrant intervention after the pregnancy is over.
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