Varicose veins

With varicose veins, venous walls due to several factors lose elasticity, elasticity.In addition, the disease can be triggered by a violation of the integrity of the blood vessel valve, which increases the pressure with the subsequent stagnation of the blood of the subcutaneous veins and veins.

General information about varicose veins

In this material, we will discover what causes the appearance of the expansion of the veins of the lower extremities, what it is, that to effectively eliminate the rape and return the beautiful appearance to the legs.

varicose veins on the legs

According to doctors, the main reason is a genetic predisposition.

If parents, grandparents had such violations, descendants can damage this disease.

This risk factor cannot be excluded when the disease is diagnosed.It doesn't matter if the veins and vessels of the legs or inguinal vein, the anal vessels expanded.If at least a relative had a pathology of the subcutaneous vein in the lower extremities, sooner or later the descendants can have a manifestation of symptoms.

Special attention should be paid to prevention, to exclude possible risk factors, so even the weakened vein of the legs will not stretch and will not lose elasticity.It is necessary to provide the legs of the legs appropriate, so as not to be subjected to any of the factors of the appearance of the expansion of the veins.

The main prevention methods are a mobile lifestyle, a moderate physical effort, little often, use a high heel, and if the slightest symptoms are detected, it is necessary to verify with a doctor, because even the slightest problems can cause a serious pathology.

Symptoms of varicose veins

The varicose disease, which affects the veins of the lower extremities, is classified in international practice in the stages, depending on the abandonment of the pathology and the severity of the manifestation.Each stage is diagnosed separately, all are characterized by several symptoms, depending on which the treatment method is selected.

So, symptoms that are a sign of varicose veins in different stages:

  • In the first stage, subcutaneous veins in the lower extremities have a barely remarkable pattern and stand out a little above the skin, small redness are noticed.There are complaints to the doctor about the severity in the legs, Edema in the afternoon after a difficult day.Excessively close shoes can be the reason for the edges in the legs in the ankle, they are also possible seizures.It should be noted that often painful sensations may appear long before visible signs;
  • In the second stage, there is already a typical appearance for patients with veins in the legs: they are significantly visible above the skin and tangible with the fingers, they look like nodes or accounts.With the progression, the subcutaneous vein of the lower limb becomes visible and acquires the sinuous shapes of a dark blue or even black tone;
  • In the third stage, varicose veins are complicated, signs such as trophic changes in the legs are observed, the skin is overload and pale, daily edema, seizures.Often, the symptoms are manifested in the fact that the legs are covered with an eruption, the itching of the skin and itching;
  • The symptoms in the fourth, the most severe stage are the inflammatory processes of the subcutaneous veins of the lower limb, the trophic ulcers that are not conical, which are already difficult to treat.The key characteristic of this stage of diseases is the addition of secondary infection and thrombophlebitis.With these manifestations, urgent hospitalization is necessary for the hospital, the integrated use of methods to treat the entire organism.

Experts highlight the key risk factors:

  • hereditary diseases associated with varicose veins in different parts of the body;
  • Hormonal disorders can increase blood coagulation, a decrease in the elasticity of the veins on the legs;
  • Obesity, ascites, which increases the load on the feet, is accompanied by the expansion of the walls of the veins;
  • Heavy objects of pregnancy or lifting increase pressure within the abdominal cavity, which also helps weaken vascular walls and varicose veins;
  • Lack of load in the legs, inactive work is full of expansion of veins on the legs;
  • Closed linen, smaller shoes, which squeezes the vein, with heels, which causes blood circulation of the veins on the legs;
  • Varicose veins are often caused by kidney disease or cardiovascular system, which causes swelling, is observed in the expansion of the veins of the lower extremities.

Diagnosis of varicose veins: characteristics and procedures

The main methods that involve the diagnosis of the varicose veins of the legs are:

  • External examination of the varicose veins of the legs, which must be performed by qualified doctors in the hospital;
  • Ultrasound dopplerometry, which allows you to identify the stamps of the walls in the veins of the lower extremities.This diagnosis allows you to unequivocally determine the rape stage;
  • The duplex scan of the veins on the legs, which is performed by the medical of the profile clinic, allows you to clearly identify the varicose failure.This method that combines the ultrasound and doppler study can be verified what is happening with the veins: blood circulation speed, leg diameter, valves that work and the condition that characterize the varicose veins;
  • A study of phleboscintia that allows high precision to be analyzed and even in the initial stage, discover the varicose expansion of the legs of the legs and take appropriate preventive measures.It is carried out by introducing a subcutaneously special color substance, such a liquid in Vienna is released on the monitor with a contrasting color;
  • Occlusive Platimography;
  • Using the tomographic diagnosis of diseases (magnetic resonance, computerized tomography), complications that accompany varicose veins can be detected;
  • Bint or harness samples for disease diagnosis are used in the complex as an additional methods to determine the stage of varicose veins.

The decoding of the results of the diagnosis of varicose veins, as a rule, does not require much time.Most procedures take 10 to 40 minutes, after which the diagnosis expresses the diagnosis based on the information received.The diagnosis should only be trusted by an experienced doctor of the clinic who can make a clear and unmistakable diagnosis, because treatment at different stages implies different methods, principles of treatment, medications.

Treatment of varicose veins

Doctors involved in the treatment of the disease

The varicose veins of the legs require a qualified integrated approach, therefore, it must be carried out in a profile clinic.Patients interested in the question of which doctor treats violations in the veins of the lower extremities, the answer is unequivocal: this is a phlebologist.A narrow specialist performs exams, on its basis, prescribes effective methods of treatment or surgical intervention in the careless stages of the varicose veins of the legs.

Patients who were disappointed in the general specialization of doctors should contact such a disease with a narrow profile that deals with the cause of the disease directly and helps overcome the disease without serious consequences for the entire organism.

 

Treatment methods

For patients interested in how to treat varicose veins in different stages, we give a list of effective methods that help solve the problem.The treatment, depending on the indications, is divided into non -surgical methods and surgery, which is used if problems with blood vessels and legs have reached a maximum.The treatment is prescribed only after the analysis and examination are carried out.

In the treatment of non -surgical methods, the following are used:

  • Take drugs responsible for increasing the tone of the venous walls.Medications do not eliminate the causes of the disease, but only prevent the manifestation of a certain symptom, such as leg severity, swelling;
  • The use of ointments that contain heparin, which also relieve symptoms and help get rid of unpleasant sensations;
  • If the patient has a risk of blood clots, prevention is prescribed in the form of coagulants;
  • Compression knitted clothes, which reduces load loading, helps distribute the load even with active physical activity, does not allow the blood to stagnate.Thanks to the use of stockings or compression socks, the leg does not even feel severity at the end of the day, there is no edema;
  • The elimination of symptoms and causes is possible through preventive measures: stabilization of the daily regime, physiotherapy exercises, which allows to relieve the stress that falls into the feet during the day, the treatment of concomitant health disorders.

The indications for the use of surgical treatment of varicose veins are the extensive lesion of the veins in both extremities, trophic ulcers, thrombophlebitis, phlebotrombosis and other serious conditions that are not subject to the cure for medication.The choice of treatment for the disease of the veins of the lower extremities with the help of surgical intervention is determined by the specific course of the disease, the presence of concomitant health disorders, other pathologies.

The surgical methods for the treatment of varicose veins are ::

Sclerotherapy: Using the procedure, small vascular stars can be treated, as a result of the glued, the veins receive integrity.During the procedure, a special adhesive is introduced in the container, which connects the walls with a small degree of damage.After a while, the stars are absorbed, the minor manifestation symptoms are eliminated, which makes the legs attractive.The advantage of this method of treatment is the lack of anesthesia and little time (the procedure lasts from 5 to 15 minutes);

  • Laser coagulation: Help weld larger ships subject to damage to the walls.The treatment of local anesthesia is preceded.Then, the doctor introduces a lighter into a vein along which a laser beam passes.Radiation heats the venous walls, due to which the container is welding, the spike place is completely absorbed;
  • Radiofrequency ablation (coagulation): The effectiveness of this new method in treatment has already managed to evaluate doctors.The essence of the procedure lies in the action of the high frequency current in the venous walls from the inside, which allows them to paste;
  • Flebectomy: It implies the elimination of large vessels, whose walls will no longer return to the state of tone.It refers to the radical methods of treating varicose veins in the legs, in which the veins are eliminated, throughout which no more than 10% of the circulation occurs.Deep veins are rebuilt to increase blood volumes.The operation is used for a strong release of subcutaneous veins, nodes and pathologies.

After treatment at the clinic, certain precautions must be observed.To reduce the load in the legs and achieve the maximum results in the treatment of varicose veins, it is recommended to wear flánic shoes, not lift heavy objects, use compression products that the doctor prescribes.

Varicose veins readings

The most susceptible to the appearance of varicose veins, whose professions are associated with a long stay in a vertical state, as a result of which a significant load in the legs occurs.These professions include hairdressers, vendors, surgeons.The reasons are also in overweight and obesity.Varicosis also occurs in women who constantly wear high tub shoes.

Varicose disease implies the use of certain precautions, prevention indications, which prevent the additional development of the disease, help reduce the probability of surgical treatment.

These measures include:

  • Regular exams in the clinic, it is also necessary to take tests and, if necessary, go through the procedure prescribed by the doctor;
  • Exclusion of long -term stay in the legs, normalization of the diet;
  • Appropriate treatment measures when making such a diagnosis;the use of anti -varicosis linen with varying compression degrees;
  • Make a healthy lifestyle, rejection of bad habits in the form of smoking and alcohol;
  • It is recommended to add foods containing fiber to the diet;
  • Timely elimination of constipation.

These measures will avoid the appearance of varicose veins, and in the first stage it will help eliminate visible signs, avoid the development of pathology and the appearance of significant vascular nodules.

Contraindications for the disease

There are few contraindications for varicose veins, however, they must be strictly observed, especially in the difficult stages of the pathology:

 

  • Passivity and sedentary lifestyle.The purpose of the veins is to return the blood through the veins from the extremities to the heart and the lungs, this is guaranteed by the stable functioning of the vessel valves.The varicose veins of the legs occur with blood stagnation in the body.Therefore, physical activity is necessary within the framework of the norm;
  • Inadequate nutrition, the use of harmful foods, since with obesity and overweight, blood pressure increases;
  • Pregnancy, because when gesturing the child, the loading in the limbs increases, the volume of blood increases in the circulatory system;
  • Current and intensive physical activity.It is recommended to choose sports without excessive loads, yoga, massage, aquaerobic;
  • Hot shower and bathroom.

With adequate legs, you can leave the signs and causes of the disease, and moderate physical activity will allow you to return the healthy aspect before the legs, because it is much more expensive and more difficult to get sick and treat the pathology than to take preventive measures.