Common indications for performance of this examination include, but are not limited to:
- Lower extremity edema
- Lower extremity varicose veins
- Vulvar edema
- Vulvar discomfort/heaviness
- Genital/ Labial varicose veins
- Perineal varicosities and/or discomfort
- Chronic pelvic pain of greater than six months duration that may include lower abdomen and/or lower back pain, heaviness, or a dull ache that is worse with prolonged standing or sitting
- Exertional lower extremity pain consistent with venous claudication
- Unilateral lower extremity swelling of suspected proximal venous origin
- Rectal discomfort/heaviness
- Urinary frequency
- Pain with urinating (Dysuria)
- Pain prior to the beginning of menstruation
- Pain during menstruation (Dysmenorrhea)
- Pain during intercourse (Dyspareunia) or after intercourse (Post-coital ache)
- Left flank pain with or without hematuria (renal vein compression or Nutcracker Syndrome)
- Hemorrhoids
- Varicocele