Laryngospasm & You: Enquiring Minds & Inspiring Throats Want to Know So…as most of my Facebook buddies know…I recently had what I perceived to be a near-death experience due to something called laryngospasm (don’t bother Googling, I’ll explain all in a minute or two) caused by a combination of a bad upper respiratory infection and… Read More…
Rosen Vein Lecture105: Diagnosis, part 1…Recogizing the Problem
Rosen Vein Lectures 105: Diagnosing Vein Disease Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said something like “pornography is hard to define, but you know it when you see it.” That’s not always true when it comes to vein disease. It isn’t always about what you see at the surface. In fact, some patients with significant… Read More…
RosenVeinLecture 104,Pt2: Why Bad Veins Happen To Good People
Venous Pathophysiology, Part 2 The whole of the Chicagoland area…including Northbrook where Rosen Vein Care is located…was once burdened by a sheet of glacial ice that oppressively flowed southward from Wisconsin. But hey…that’s just a theory. It’s not as if there was a video camera catching the evidence as it happened over hundreds of thousands… Read More…
Rosen Vein 104:Pathophysiology or “Veins Gone Wild!”,Part 1
Venous Pathophysiology, Part 1: The North Suburbs of Chicago seems an idyllic place. Great schools. Lovely parks. The beautiful state-of-the-art Rosen Vein Care office in The Professional Plaza at Northbrook Court. But despite all the local trappings and amenities, we live in an imperfect world. The second year of med school deals with learning about… Read More…
Rosen Vein Lecture 103:Leg Vein Physiology(How veins work)
Some people living in Chicago and the Chicagoland Suburbs who happen to suffer from varicose and spider veins take comfort in the fact that for 8-9 months out of the year it’s too cold to wear shorts…and therefore they can avoid wearing shorts along with everyone else around them. This just illustrates one of… Read More…
Rosen Vein Lecture 102: Lower Extremity Vein Anatomy
My goal for this blog is to provide patients suffering from varicose vein disease in the Chicagoland area with the tools they need to be the most informed patients they can be. Treating your varicose vein disease is a team effort and you are the most valuable player on the team! While it’s up to… Read More…
Chicagoland Vein Lectures 101: Risk Factors for Vein Disease
So, you’ve decided to stick with Chicagoland Vein Blog on this journey to explore the strange and interesting world of vein disease. I thank you. I’m blogging from Vein Blog Central, our modern, comfortable office space located in Northbrook…conveniently located…ironically for a “vein” clinic…between the two main North Shore “arteries” of the Edens Expressway and… Read More…
The Vein Blog That Cares
Rosen Vein Care, one of the premier Chicagoland practices devoted solely to the field of Phlebology (the treatment of venous disease including varicose/spider veins) recently had a website rehab. In addition, it was high time to refresh the VeinBlog,too. My name is Dr. David Rosen and I am the founder and medical director of Rosen… Read More…
Varicose Veins
Varicose veins are the veins underneath your skin that look red or blue. These veins sometimes become enlarged and can bulge or twist, as well as becoming raised above the skin’s surface. For many, they are unsightly and can also cause pain or discomfort. You may have them as a sign of aging, or due… Read More…
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