It is time venous diseases get the attention they deserve

Like most Kenyans, I spent most of my growing up life unaware of venous illnesses like thrombosis; until I was diagnosed with varicose veins as a teenager.

Remarkably, I had all the classic signs of the disease including enlarged, swollen, and twisting veins. Yet even the doctors I initially visited could not immediately pick it out and spent five years treating me for something else.