Central Alabama Vein & Aesthetics, LLC

Family Medicine

Central Alabama Vein & Aesthetics, LLC is a Family Medicine practice in Cullman, AL with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in family-centric healthcare. Family Medicine Doctors at Central Alabama Vein & Aesthetics, LLC perform medical history analysis, diagnostics, and treatments for a wide variety of dysfunctions, conditions, and injuries. Family Medicine is a medical specialty devoted to the medical care of the family unit. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Family Medicine practices include cold and flu, asthma and allergies, ear and eye infections, yeast infections, diabetes, high blood pressure, hormone imbalance, nutritional imbalance, stress and depression, muscle tears and sprains, and sexually transmitted diseases. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Family Medicine practices include annual exams, immunizations, medication refills, hormone level testing, cardiovascular testing, pap smears and genital exams, specialist referrals, and patient education.

Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.

Addiction Family Medicine

Central Alabama Vein & Aesthetics, LLC is an Addiction Family Medicine practice in Cullman, AL with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, diagnosing, and treating patients with addiction. Addiction Medicine Family Doctors at Central Alabama Vein & Aesthetics, LLC perform substance abuse recovery for all members of the family. Addiction Family Medicine is provided to help a patient's family manage the effects of his or her addiction. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Addiction Family Medicine practices include alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Addiction Family Medicine practices include patient evaluations, addiction diagnosis, personalized treatment plans, follow-up care, and referrals to other specialists.

A family medicine physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictions.

Phlebology (Vein Medicine)

Central Alabama Vein & Aesthetics, LLC is a Phlebology (Vein Medicine) practice in Cullman, AL with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of vein disorders. Phlebologists at Central Alabama Vein & Aesthetics, LLC perform diagnostic, minimally-invasive, botanical, and surgical procedures for venous disorders. Phlebology (Vein Medicine) is the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic venous diseases. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Phlebology (Vein Medicine) practices include varicose veins, venous stasis ulcer, venous thromboembolism, chronic venous insufficiency, and deep vein thrombosis. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Phlebology (Vein Medicine) practices include medical history review, physical exam, duplex ultrasound, CTV, MRV, horse chestnut extract, gradient compression stocking and blood thinning medication prescriptions, ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy, endovenous laser treatment, ambulatory phlebectomy, sclerotherapy, thrombolysis, and vein stripping.

Phlebology is the medical discipline that involves the diagnosis and treatment of venous disorders, including spider veins, varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency, venous leg ulcers, congenital venous abnormalities, venous thromboembolism and other disorders of venous origin. A phlebologist has attained a minimum of 50 hours of CME units in phlebology-related courses, and is knowledgeable of and trained in a variety of diagnostic techniques including physical examination, venous imaging techniques such as duplex ultrasound, CT and MR, plethysmographic techniques and laboratory evaluation related to venous thromboembolism. The phlebologist is also trained in a variety of therapeutic interventions, which may include compression, sclerotherapy, cutaneous vascular laser, endovenous thermoablation procedures (laser and radiofrequency) endovenous chemical ablation, surgical procedures (e.g., ambulatory phlebectomy, venous ligation), vasoactive medications and the management of venous thromboembolism.