Early in the morning before the vein doctors arrive, patients begin appearing at the Fara Clinic in Matagalpa Nicaragua in pairs and small groups, then in droves. Men, women, old and young, all share two things: They are extremely poor, and they’re in dire need of treatment for severe varicose vein disease, a common problem among laborers who stand for many hours a day on their feet, six and seven days a week. This type of venous disease also occurs frequently among women who’ve had multiple births. Over years, the untreated veins in their lower legs bulge from unrelieved pressure — creating small ulcerations at first, graduating to full-blown infections that can take over the entire lower leg, the veins swelling and twisting painfully.
In September 2014 the Vein Specialists of Monterey will travel to the Fara Clinic with a small team of certified vein doctors, ultrasonographers and nurses to help as many as 500 patients in a single week.  The team will bring the laser equipment, portable ultrasound machines, compression stockings, injectable medicine, and everything that is needed to close failing veins and to help heal the leg ulcers. The team donates their vacation time, travel and lodging, and all medical supplies expenses necessary to provide free treatment to patients who desperately need it.
The Vein Specialists are grateful to receive any donations of compression stockings or new kids toothbrushes and stickers to hand out to children who arrive at the medical clinic in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.  We thank our generous supporters Sigvaris for compression stockings and Angiodynamics for sclerosant to close the veins. Donations can be dropped off at our office at Veins Specialists of Monterey, 757 Pacific Street, Suite C-2, Monterey, CA 93940 anytime Monday through Thursday 9-12 or 1:30-4:30.  For more information about our practice, go to http://www.veinspecialistsofmonterey.com