Symptomatology of vein disease.
BACKGROUND
Past studies have shown that dilated leg veins are symptomatic. It is not known, however, whether there are symptoms that are specific for vein disease and whether vein size alone predicts the presence of symptoms.


OBJECTIVE
This study retrospectively compares groups matched by age and gender to determine to what degree vein disease is symptomatic, which symptoms have specificity for vein disease, and whether vein size alone predicts the presence of symptoms.


RESULTS
Subjects with vein disease were found to be very symptomatic compared with controls. Specific symptoms were found to correlate with the presence of both small vein and large vein disease. Vein size alone did not predict the presence of symptoms.


CONCLUSIONS
In evaluating the patient with leg symptoms the presence of specific symptoms increases the likelihood that vein disease is responsible independent of the size of the veins.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000503:physiopathology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014680:Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology