I know, it’s been a while since my last post. Mostly for good reasons…things, thank G-d, have been busy at Rosen Vein Care. Sometimes it’s tough to put words to page due to lack of time and opportunity. Other times, like now, it’s tough because the words don’t come easily.

As a board-certified vein specialist, I am part of a group of vein experts that is asked to field questions from the general public in an online forum. Recently a patient asked the following fantastic question:  “How do I know it’s the right time to have vein ablation treatment?” The patient visited a different vein specialist, received… Read More…

I spent a long time getting my medical training. Since my background is pretty broad…back-to-back residencies in Internal Medicine & Emergency Medicine…and then doing MORE training in the specialty devoted to treating vein disease called Phlebology…I learned a whole lot about a whole lot of things. Some of the most important things relate to being… Read More…

Hello again, VeinBlog fans. It’s Dr Rosen…I’m a vein specialist conveniently located in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago…and today is the latest installment in Rosen Vein Care’s Q&A Sessions on Varicose and Spider Veins .

Where is my hoverboard?! Where is my garbage-powered flying car?!

If you are like many people out there, you have some chronic issues with varicose veins, spider veins or both. The mere fact that you still have varicose veins and/or spider veins and haven’t dealt with them is probably because: 1. You are apprehensive about the treatments : “Are they painful?” No! They are very… Read More…

It’s officially Fall around Chicagoland; this year it looks like it might last longer than 5 minutes before we are inundated with snow. Even though there’s no snow on the ground…and it’s only October…it’s time for New Year’s resolutions. For Jewish folk like me…our new year started in mid-September. It’s a time when one can… Read More…

OK…so I tried the “Q&A” blog format per my internet guru’s recommendation, but in some ways I feel that it stifles my creativity. It’s kinda like telling Michaelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel with a rollerbrush and a bucket of beige paint. Yeah, it’ll get the job done, but…really?! So, I’m back to my typical… Read More…

Varicose veins and spider veins are issues that often develop in our teens and 20’s and get progressively worse as time passes. Other than during pregnancies, they typically progress very slowly. Associated symptoms, when present, are annoying things such as “heaviness”, tired legs, cramping, “restless legs” and swelling. It’s the slow, relentless, nagging type of… Read More…

It’s a new month, so I’d like to try a new format: Q & A . When I see patients in consultation regarding their leg veins I allow plenty of time to answer any questions. Since the central focus of my practice located in the North Shore area of Chicago is varicose vein treatments and… Read More…