Varicose veins in the legs are a chronic disease. The cause of varicose veins may be genetic factors, passive lifestyle, high load on the legs and blood vessels. Varicose veins are common during pregnancy.
In pregnant women, the burden on the legs increases and edema often occurs. In this case, thrombosis and other vascular problems may occur, leading to varicose veins.
When the first symptoms of varicose veins appear (vein swelling, vein mesh in the legs, severe swelling of the legs, leg and foot pain), consult a phlebologist. A thorough examination will be required to determine the diagnosis and extent of varicose veins. After receiving the necessary data, the doctor will tell you how to treat varicose veins in your legs and prescribe the necessary medications and procedures.
What experts treat varicose veins?
When varicose veins appear, many patients do not know which doctor treats varicose veins? All vascular diseases are treated by phlebologists. A phlebologist is a stenosis medical specialty involved in the diagnosis and treatment of pathological venous diseases.
Of course, when varicose veins are in advanced stages, you should not visit a phlebologist. It is best for a private venous hematologist to detect the progression of venous disease early and prescribe it.
If you have varicose veins, it is recommended to contact a vein specialist-phlebologist
Treatment of varicose veins
Varicose veins are a type of unpleasant and dangerous diseases. There are many effective treatments for these diseases. How to treat varicose veins? Varicose veins can be treated by choosing one of several methods.
Sclerotherapy
The essence of this technique is to use a fine needle to inject a special substance (sclerosing agent) into a diseased vein.
The sclerosing agent enters the vein, causing its walls to adhere and remove the affected blood vessel from the general blood channel network in the thigh.
Sclerotherapy can remove small varicose asterisks after 3-5 weeks, and the large varicose knots and lumps will disappear after three months.
Surgical removal of veins (vein extraction)
This technique is used to seriously ignore varicose veins. When varicose veins cause large nodules and blood vessel seals, surgery is performed, which can cause huge blood clots to appear. The main disadvantages of surgical procedures for varicose veins are scars and scars on the skin.
Laser treatment of varicose veins is a convenient and absolutely painless treatment for varicose veins. The laser acts on the affected area according to the same principle as sclerotherapy. Under the action of the laser beam, blood vessel walls are welded, but it takes a long time to effectively treat varicose veins. A positive aspect of laser treatment of varicose veins is that there are no scars on the skin.
Sham therapy or water treatment for varicose veins. Adherents of natural medicines often use varicose veins. This is not to say that hand-foot therapy is effective, it has many disadvantages. In order to get a significant effect from masturbation therapy, you need to complete several courses, each of 8 courses. The treatment of varicose veins with water disease is effective only in the initial stage of vascular disease.
Prevent varicose veins
Varicose veins begin to appear in the form of severe or paroxysmal pain in the legs, a network of blood vessels appears on the skin of the legs, and the veins are prominent and have a blue tint.
It is recommended to warn of varicose veins before looking for various treatments. You can take some precautions to prevent the development of varicose veins.
- Don't wear tight and uncomfortable high heels. Due to uncomfortable shoes in the blood vessels of the legs, the pressure increases, which leads to the formation of blood clots and the development of varicose veins.
- Regular exercise can help you avoid varicose veins. It is recommended to spend time walking, running, dancing, and swimming every day. Varicose veins are most common in sellers, barber shops, and flight attendants. Why is this trend observed? Due to standing for a long time, the legs of people in this occupation bear huge static loads during the day. As a result, varicose veins develop.
- Weight must be constantly monitored, because gaining weight increases the burden on the blood vessels in the legs and increases blood pressure on the walls.
- It is recommended that you regularly arrange to walk barefoot on various rough surfaces (pebbles, sand, hay). In this way, the skin color of the veins of the legs can be effectively adjusted, while the muscles of the legs are relaxed and rested well.
- Do not often eat salty and spicy food, alcoholic beverages. All spicy and salty foods can lead to the formation of blood clots and varicose veins. You can dilute thick blood with plain water or unsalted tomato juice.
- Varicose veins often cause the development of cellulite, an unpleasant phenomenon. How to treat cellulite in varicose veins? For patients with varicose veins, many methods are contraindicated to effectively fight cellulite. Therefore, the doctor must choose a separate treatment plan for varicose veins, which will explain how to deal with the fat produced. For varicose veins, limited procedures designed to eliminate signs of cellulite are permitted. These treatments include blue clay foot covers, contrast water treatments, swimming and brisk walking. For varicose veins, exposure of the affected area of the leg to high temperatures is highly undesirable. Therefore, plastic wrap must be abandoned when fighting cellulite. For varicose veins, you cannot visit the bathhouse and sauna, or go to the solarium to massage the affected part of the leg with swollen veins. For varicose veins, power load is contraindicated. Therefore, people with varicose veins will not be able to get rid of fat through a lot of exercise.
Varicose Veins-When to see the doctor?
The first symptoms of early varicose veins should have been a signal for medical attention. The main signs of varicose veins are:
- The legs are severely heavy and tired, and the legs are swollen.
- Calf muscle cramps at night.
- Burning and pain in the legs.
- Vein dilation
- The appearance of small spider veins or enlarged blood vessels on the surface of the skin.
Varicose veins can not only occur in the lower extremities. Varicose veins of the small pelvis, varicose veins of the uterus, varicose veins of the esophagus or genitals are also known. With the development of one of these types of varicose veins, the following symptoms appear:
- Severe pain in the lower abdomen
- Inguinal vein
- Unpleasant genital discharge
- Pain during intercourse
- The pain of men's bone and lower back increases with the onset of menstruation
- The menstrual cycle is interrupted, the menstruation is prolonged, and the secretions are tailed.
The symptoms listed are not specific, they may indicate other diseases. In any case, if you suspect varicose veins, it is best to find a competent expert who will make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe the necessary procedures.
Diagnosis of varicose veins
From the moment of patient application, doctors begin to perform diagnostic measures to determine the degree of varicose veins. If the initial stage of varicose veins is diagnosed, treatment will be conservative. Therefore, if you suspect varicose veins, you should not delay seeking medical attention.
In order to accurately diagnose the degree of varicose veins and their complications, a comprehensive examination was carried out using laboratory and hardware technology. Patients must pass the necessary tests to conduct clinical and laboratory research, and must go through many procedures.
In particular, it is necessary to perform triple ultrasound, vascular ultrasound Doppler ultrasound examination, and minimally invasive assessment of venous blood flow. To make an accurate diagnosis, you need to perform an X-ray examination of the vein (a special procedure in which radiopaque contrast is injected into the diseased vein) to check the pressure in the vein over a period of time.
Based on the results obtained, venous biologists make a comprehensive conclusion on the existence of varying degrees of varicose veins.
Traditional medicine for varicose veins
Varicose veins is a common disease, and in most cases, it cannot be treated with conventional drugs.
Varicose veins usually occur in pregnant women who should not take strong drugs.
This is why more and more mature traditional medicines are used to treat varicose veins at home.
- Varicose vein soup can help varicose veins, you should drink three glasses a day, one glass of wine. Chopped hop ball peel (1 tablespoon) must be poured into boiling water, and stick to a little.
- Apple cider vinegar used to treat varicose veins can be used internally and externally. Drink apple cider vinegar diluted in water, one tablespoon a day. If there are no lesions and ulcers on the skin, use pure cider vinegar to wipe the leg area affected by the varicose veins.
- Before going to bed, use chopped raw potatoes or chopped green tomatoes for swelling of veins and swelling.
- For the treatment of varicose veins through folk remedies, you can prepare a special ointment from herbs. You need to take a teaspoon of dried chamomile herbs, St. John's wort, chicory, coltsfoot and grass sweetness. Pour the entire herbal series into 1 ml of water and bring to a boil. After boiling, you need to add badge fat to the composition. Within a week, the ointment must be applied to the leg area with swollen veins and wrap the leg with plastic wrap.
Treatment with folk remedies does not always have a lasting effect on varicose veins, but it can effectively regulate the veins and blood vessels of the legs. In the absence of drug treatment opportunities, alternative therapies for varicose veins can be used.
You can reduce the risk of varicose veins by following correct eating habits and regular physical exercise. Varicose veins can be completely cured by surgery, which requires a thorough examination by a phlebologist.