Varicose Veins Symptoms: Early Stage & Advanced Stage Symptoms

Dr.Abhishek Bansal, 3 mins read

The symptoms of varicose veins depend on its stage. It can be categorised into seven stages. In this guide, we’re going to discuss early-stage varicose veins symptoms and later-stage symptoms to help you identify this problem.

Varicose veins stages

Here are the seven primary varicose vein stages, including early-stage varicose veins symptoms and advanced stage varicose vein symptoms:

Stage 0: Silent Stage
You may not have any noticeable symptoms of varicose veins. However, you may start to experience unpleasant sensations, tenderness, itching and achy or tired legs as early-stage varicose veins symptoms.

Stage 1: The onset of visible signs
You may start seeing abnormal bulging of blood vessels on your legs accompanied by mild discomfort. However, they may not look enlarged or twisted.

Stage 2: Enlarged varicose veins
With time, if proper care and lifestyle changes are not adopted, varicose veins may become enlarged. They may look blue or purple and twisted. You may start to feel an aching, throbbing and burning sensation in the affected area.

Stage 3: Emergence of edema
This stage is characterised by the emergence of edema (swelling) due to fluid accumulation in the legs. This can further exacerbate the pain and discomfort.

Stage 4: Changes in skin colour and texture
You may see changes in the skin colour and texture of the affected area. The skin becomes darker, harder and more sensitive to pain. This is an indication of a worsening condition.

Stage 5: Healed ulcer
You may see healed ulcers indicative of past open sores. Though healed, the scarring and other symptoms of ulcers need careful consideration.

Stage 6: Acute ulcer
Active or acute ulcers are the symptom of the most advanced stage of varicose veins and can affect the quality of your life. These are slow-healing ulcers and are often painful. 

Latest treatment for varicose veins
VenaSeal Closure System offers treatment of varicose veins without surgery. It is a new, safe and innovative technique for:

• Treatment of varicose veins in legs
• Treatment of varicose veins in feet
• Treatment of varicose veins in thighs
• Treatment of varicose veins in pregnancy (if required)
• Treatment of varicose vein ulcers

It uses a minimally invasive approach where only one needle prick per vein is needed to seal the damaged veins through a medical glue. Thereby, redirecting the blood to healthy veins. With time, the body absorbs the damaged veins and they’ll disappear.

VenaSeal procedure is done without any anaesthesia/sedation as it doesn’t cause any discomfort or pain (in most cases). Unlike other treatment options, it doesn’t harm the surrounding structures and nerves. There is also no scarring and bruising post-procedure.

VenaSeal is an effective option for all age groups and can even treat large varicose veins without complications. The good news is that 99% of the time, varicose veins don’t reoccur if the VenaSeal treatment is done by expert hands.

The procedure hardly takes 20 minutes and you can immediately join all your normal activities like walking and office work.

At Aakash Healthcare, we have been using the VenaSeal closure system with a high success rate for early-stage varicose vein symptoms and advanced-stage varicose vein symptoms. Contact our varicose veins specialist doctors in Delhi to learn more about this procedure.