Varicose Veins

• Dull, end-of-the-day ache or heaviness – that improves after you put your feet up.

• Night-time calf cramps – sudden cramps that jolt you awake, often easing when you stretch or massage the muscle.
• Morning-gone, evening-back swelling – calves or ankles puff up by late afternoon but look slimmer after a night’s rest.
• Itchy, fragile or brown-stained patches around the ankle – hint that blood has been pooling there for a while.
• Hard, painful cord-like lumps along a varicose vein – can signal a local clot or “phlebitis”.

If any of these warnings start to curb your daily activities, disturb your sleep, or dent your confidence in shorts weather, it is time to book a vein assessment.