Expected Duration
Varicose veins are one of the conditions which last for a longer-term, and it takes years to treat the veins properly, but still, there are chances of damage to happen to these veins in the lower parts of the body. The symptoms and signs of varicose veins come and go during the lifetime of the patient. It takes years for the veins to tear out and produce abnormalities in blood flow through them, so this condition usually occurs more often in older adults. Moreover, the duration of varicose veins is also dependent on other factors, too, like being pregnant, being overweight, or having any neurological disorder like restless legs syndrome.
If a woman is pregnant and she is suffering from the symptoms of varicose veins can have the worst condition during her pregnancy months. Still, the condition starts improving after the delivery of the baby. The symptoms improve after the delivery because the baby’s extra weight is no more there, so there is lesser blood pressure in the veins. However, the healing of varicose veins does not mean that the symptoms do not disappear totally. According to medical studies and researchers, the symptoms of varicose veins do not go away, and there is a possibility that the women can get severe varicose symptoms during their future pregnancies.
As the varicose veins are a long term problem, but you can control the symptoms by using therapeutic stockings and elevating legs. However, the patients can also use surgical procedures to remove varicose veins permanently when there is a recurrence of the symptoms. Although the surgical removal of varicose veins does leave scars, there is no surety of stopping the formation of new varicose veins. Spider veins, which is a type of varicose veins, usually go away in the duration of 3 to 6 weeks, while the varicose veins usually take 3 to 4 months to disappear.