Should my husband have a blood test done he has pain in his leg and it appears to be varicose veins.he went to a doctor and he prescribed a medicin .

Pain in leg: A pain in the leg and varicose veins is usually a superficial thrombophlebitis. This is treated with anti-inflammatories and compression. A concern would be for a deep venous thrombosis or a dvt, which is usually accompanied by leg swelling. The gold standard test for this is a venous duplex ultrasound but occasionally a blood test is done for screening. The blood test is not necessary.

Venous US is best: The best test to evaluate leg pain with veins is a venous doppler ultrasound [ us] test. It is important to look for superficial phlebitis and deep vein thrombosis {dvt} . A blood test is not necessary. It is ideal that for problem like this that your husband see a vein specialist as they can do the test in the office and make treatment decisions right away.