Swelling around your ankles is often the first sign you'll notice. It might get better when you sleep and then come back during the day when you're active again. Your legs might feel heavy when you ...

You can develop red blotches or sores along with swollen ankles and legs if you have stasis dermatitis. It can occur due to health conditions such as injury, recent surgery, or a blood clot in your ...

A type of spongiotic dermatitis that almost always occurs on the leg, stasis dermatitis (SD) is thought to be related to chronic venous insufficiency with venous hypertension. An age-related decrease ...

The patient had lipodermatosclerosis (LDS), a unique variant of stasis dermatitis. Stasis dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin condition confined to areas of reduced venous circulation. The ...

Venous insufficiency is when blood flows down the legs but can’t flow back up toward the heart. Vein disease is caused when the tiny, one-way valves in the veins become stressed and damaged. This ...

Thick, discolored or inflamed skin and wounds that won’t heal are visible signs of advanced, treatable venous insufficiency. Recently a local stage performer in Lehigh Acres was taken aback by the ...

Venous insufficiency occurs when the valves in a person’s veins do not work properly. This means that the veins are less able to transport blood back to the heart. Venous insufficiency is fairly ...

Stasis dermatitis is a type of eczema that causes inflammation, ulcers, and itchiness on the skin of the lower legs. It can result from conditions that affect blood flow in the legs, such as chronic ...