BENGALURU: Though there is considerable public awareness about diseases affecting veins close to the skin, with the most ...

It may be directly related to your calf muscles—including the inner gastrocnemius and outer soleus muscles—or the tendons, ...

so cannot really be used below mid calf; has a small-caliber aspiration lumen [44,46] Ilio-femoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is the most serious form of lower limb DVT, causing the greatest ...

Plantaris muscle is accessory plantar flexor of calf, a vestigial muscle of triceps surae complex. Its importance lies in the fact that its rupture cans mimic deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Sometimes ...

Bancroft's sign, also known as Moses' sign, [1] is a clinical sign found in patients with deep vein thrombosis of the lower leg involving the posterior tibial veins. The sign is positive if pain is ...

And now a GP has detailed exactly what flying long haul can do to different parts of your body, including your heart, stomach ...

The result is varicose veins. What doctors like me also want is for you to walk around and move. This can limit the pressure that builds up in your legs: Pumping your calf muscles helps push blood ...

A very rare complication is the development of a blood clot in the vein (deep vein thrombosis ... together with the action of the calf muscles, no longer work efficiently. Treatment for varicose ...