Pelvic Congestion Syndrome Treatment (PCS) in Brooklyn, New York

Pelvic congestion is a painful condition that’s also called pelvic venous congestion because it results from the dysfunction of gonadal veins draining blood from your ovaries. This condition is an extension of varicose veins in the female pelvis. Pelvic congestion syndrome requires treatment by an experienced vascular specialist like Dr. Sergei Sobolevski at the Downtown Vein & Vascular Center in Brooklyn. Call on him to diagnose your condition and offer effective pelvic congestion syndrome treatment.

What Is Pelvic Congestion Syndrome?

What Are the Symptoms of Pelvic Congestion Syndrome?

If you have PCS, the twisting and bulging veins in your pelvic area or ovaries cause serious symptoms that you can’t ignore.

The most common symptoms include:

• Varicose veins showing in your buttocks, pelvis, thighs, vulva or vagina
• Chronic pelvic pain that lasts longer than six months
• A dull, achy or heavy pain in your pelvis that may sometimes become a sharp pain
• Pain when urinating
• Pain that starts during or soon after pregnancy and worsens during future pregnancies
• PCS pain that worsens:
  • With a change of posture
  • At the end of the day
  • Before and during menstruation
  • During and after sex
  • After long periods of immobility
• Pain that lessens when you lie down
• An irritable bowel
• Stress incontinence when laughing, coughing or during other blood-stressing movements

At the Brooklyn vein clinic, a top vascular specialist assesses your symptoms when determining a pelvic congestion diagnosis. The vein doctors at the Downtown Vein & Vascular Center leverage advanced technology and best practices for pelvic congestion syndrome treatment.

What Causes PCS?

What Is the Best Pelvic Congestion Syndrome Treatment?

At the NYC vein center, you receive the care you need, not just to overcome your symptoms, but to address the underlying issues.

Some of the PCS treatment options include:

• Your doctor may prescribe drugs to suppress the production of estrogen. Estrogen is a hormone associated with pelvic congestion syndrome. For the pain and inflammation, your doctor may prescribe non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or other chronic pain medications.
• Pelvic vein embolization. A top vein specialist closes off the affected vein in the pelvis with the guidance of imaging technology. The closed-off veins die off and are absorbed by your body, easing your pain.
• Sclerotherapy for varicose veins. For this is a minimally invasive procedure, your vein doctor injects a solution directly into the vein to cause it to die. The blood finds a new vessel to travel through.

Pelvic congestion syndrome is a debilitating chronic condition that can affect your physical and psychological well-being. Chronic pain causes stress and depression, and so it requires the most appropriate treatment. Contact the best vascular doctors in NYC at the Downtown Vein & Vascular Center in Brooklyn, NY today.

I am Dr. Sergei Sobolevsky, a leading specialist in endovascular medicine. Having performed over 25,000 procedures throughout my career, I bring decades of experience in vascular and interventional radiology to my practice. I obtained my Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1997 and completed my specialty clinical training in vascular and interventional radiology at Harvard University.

My dedication to excellence in patient care has been recognized through accolades such as being named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor and inclusion in the Top Doctors New York Metro Area lists for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. With licenses in multiple states, I have also shared my expertise through presentations at various institutions in the US and abroad.

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