Phlebologist in Florence
Heavy legs, thread veins and varicose veins: phlebology in Florence, Careggi area.
The symptom that most often brings people in has a precise timetable: light legs in the morning, heavy and swollen towards evening, the sock mark at the ankle, and everything subsiding overnight. That rhythm is not a detail to mention in passing — it says gravity plays a part, and it guides assessment before any test.
Phlebology consultations in Florence take place at Viale Augusto Righi 19. They serve to understand what lies behind the symptom and to plan the pathway: in most cases clinical assessment is enough to decide, between compression, changes of habit and treatment of visible vessels.
One point better read now than discovered later: vascular ultrasound with colour Doppler is performed only at the Siena clinic. It is not needed in every case, but when it is indicated it involves a journey — and we would rather say so on this page than at the moment of booking.
What you can book here
- Flebologia30′
List generated from the Florence booking catalogue: it includes only what is actually provided at this clinic.
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Frequently asked questions
If I need a vascular ultrasound, do I have to go to Siena?
Yes: vascular ultrasound is among the services available only at the Siena clinic. It should be said, though, that it is not needed in every case — in many, clinical assessment is enough to plan the pathway — and that any indication emerges during the visit, not before. If it is needed, it is arranged together.
I stand all day at work: can I do anything?
Yes, and it is often the dullest measures that matter most: compression of the right class worn in the morning before swelling forms, moving the calf muscles during the day rather than standing still, resting with the legs raised at the end of the day. Walking is good, and it is the opposite of what many patients do when their legs feel heavy.
When is a swollen leg urgent?
When the swelling involves one leg only, appeared rapidly and comes with calf pain, warmth, redness or increased firmness — especially after a period of immobility, surgery or a long journey. In that case assessment is not scheduled for next week.