Varicose veins are clinically divided into grades. No one person's symptoms of varicose veins are the same as another. In our medical classification, it is graded in many aspects under the CEAP classification. This rating is clinically divided into 6 groups.
C0: No findings
C1: Small varicose veins (spider web-shaped (red) , blue fine lines) or green dilated veins (reticular veins)
C2: Large varicose veins (swelling, enlarged veins from the skin)
C3: Leg swelling, edema
C4:Color and texture changes (especially starting from the wrists, skin redness, bruising, blackening, hardening, thinning of the skin, etc.) strong>
C5: Healed wound, ulcer
C6: Open, active wound, ulcer
Under the name of CEAP classification, varicose veins are clinically divided into 6 groups by grading from many aspects. They are defined according to their size or smallness, swelling, color, width or narrowness, color, swelling in the leg, and the condition of the wound. On this page, you can also see the degrees of varicose veins with photographs. Cardiovascular Surgery Specialists plan varicose vein treatment according to this classification. In group C1, the condition is considered only cosmetic, while in group C2, varicose veins require medical treatment. C4 group is the transition to the irreversible phase. C5 and C6 are the groups in which varicose vein treatment is extremely difficult.
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