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I have been experiencing pain in my right thigh since 7 years. I got an MRI scan done which was examined by a doctor. He told me that there is a Vascular malformation inside the thigh. What treatment should I undergo to get rid of the pain?

Asked by KAVITA MISHRA ·

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Vascular Surgeon · Vascular Surgery

Vascular malformation inside the thigh can cause severe pain and discomfort. Thankfully, there are various treatment options available to help reduce your pain.

First, you should seek out physical therapy to target the area of discomfort with exercises that are tailored to your specific needs. Utilizing methods such as electrical stimulation, ultrasound, taping and manual mobilization can be very effective in reducing inflammation in the soft tissues and thus reducing pain.

In addition to physical therapy, medications like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or steroid injections may be used to alleviate symptoms like swelling and tenderness that accompany vascular malformation in the thigh. In some cases where these treatments aren’t enough to provide relief from pain, minimally invasive procedures like endovascular embolization can be employed which involves blocking off a section of an artery so that blood flow is decreased into a targeted region resulting in reduced pressure on surrounding nerves providing relief from strong debilitating pains.

No matter what treatment option you choose for your Vascular Malformation in the thigh , it's important to remember that persistence is key when it comes managing chronic pains - even if initially results seen don't match expectations or relieving short term symptoms fails - over time regular use of different therapeutic modalities will almost always show better condition management over time!

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