A mum-of-two revealed how she ended up in A&E with an “excruciating” ulcer on her leg after years of “standing all day every day” for work. Former hairdresser Samantha Ford, from Boston in ...

A leg ulcer can be understood as a break in the skin, typically located on the feet or the lower part of the leg. Leg ulcers are generally diagnosed based on their appearance, though this can be ...

Venous leg ulcers are common and distressing, affecting around 1 in 300 adults in the UK. They are open, often painful, sores on the leg that take months to heal and can develop after a minor injury.

CRINKLY varicose veins in the leg are common and yes, not always the prettiest. But how much do you really know about your vein health? According to the British Heart Foundation, by the time we’re an ...

Venous leg ulcers are common and distressing, affecting around 1 in 300 adults in the UK. They are open, often painful, sores on the leg that take months to heal and can develop after a minor injury.

Varicose Veins are a common condition. It can affect people of all age groups. Anyone who stands or walks for longer amounts of time can get affected by the varicose vein. This is because standing and ...

Q MY 76-year-old mother has developed varicose ulcers on her leg. The nurse comes in to dress them regularly but they don't seem to be healing. What else can be done? Elizabeth A NOT an awful lot I'm ...

WHEN Steve Sippitt banged his ankle on an ironing board he dismissed it as an innocuous injury that would soon heal. "I never imagined it would be the start of more than a year of pain that would end ...

Varicose vein surgery is one of 17 procedures the NHS may limit under plans to cut treatments deemed ‘unnecessary’, as revealed last weekend. The proposal is that such procedures will only be offered ...