Varicose veins – a serious chronic illness, the main characteristics of which are the stretching of the tissues of the vascular wall with the formation of venous thrombosis nodes. In this case, there is a significant violation of the outflow of blood and the stagnation of the vascular system.
The pharmacological therapy in this disease is an important component in the complex treatment of varicose veins. In practice, only 9-10% of patients suffering from this disease, it plays a surgery. Most of the stories of illness confirm the effectiveness of the treatment of varicose veins and ' with the help of drugs.
The common treatment strategy
Treatment of varicose veins drugs should start as soon as possible. In this case, you stop the process and not letting it progress. The funds will usually agree to a long exchange, sometimes up to 6 months as both self-therapy and preventive measure, as well as an additional component to the phases before and after the intervention.
Treatment of varicose veins medicines is the only possible in the case of contraindications to surgery.
Medical therapy fails to venal nodes, and will not be fully able to remove the varicose veins. But with the appropriate authorities, the scheme of treatment medications act as a major barrier to the development and progression of the disease.
For thrombophlebitis, sores, and thrombosis are not your mates, and start taking drugs varicose veins of the veins of the legs , when the first symptoms of the disease. Even the surgery will only be with the help of drug therapy.
Group of drugs and their action
When venous varicose veins drugs are classified according to the type of action in three main groups:
- venotonic or phlebotrophic funds;
- sanguinem scens funds (anticoagulants) and medicines, to suppress the agglutination of platelets (agents and antiaggregants);
- anti-inflammatory drugs.
One of the tasks for the treatment of varicose veins drugs – to strengthen the tone of blood vessel walls and the stabilization of venous flow. This problem is solved effective phlebotrophic venotonic drugs, that are necessarily in the regime of treatment and prevention.
Research and medical practice has demonstrated the effectiveness of phlebotonics, developed on the basis of natural flavonoids – diosmin and hesperida. These substances not only protect the cells in the veins, but stimulate the flow of lymph, and stabilize the work of the capillaries. Particularly effective simultaneous reception of drugs in combination, which are present both flavonoids.
Often phlebotrophic funds they take from 2 to 3 months of exchange. Important, for the reception coincides with the warm period of the year, when the load on ships increases because of the high temperature of the air and the consumption of large quantities of water. If accompanied by varicose veins chronic venous insufficiency, phlebotonics constantly take on half the dose.
Patients with the diagnosis of varicose veins , from the beginning, must receive a systematic treatment, to prevent the development of the disease and reduce the risk of complications.
A second task decide of medications, blood-thinning drugs (anticoagulants), and to improve its fluid properties, preventing the formation of thrombotic clots (agents, antiplatelet).
The formation of blood clots, their detachment from the vascular wall and the movement for venous beds leads to the overlap of the blood vessels of the heart, lungs and human brain. In consequence of this, is very high the chances of developing heart attack, pulmonary embolism, and ischemic stroke.
Antiaggregants are not the treatment of varicose veins, and apply it as a tool for the prevention of its serious complications – thrombosis and thrombophlebitis. You can say that these drugs which save the life of the patient and to the minimum to reduce the risk of disability.
With the aim of reducing the pain, swelling, swelling of tissues and other symptoms of inflammation of the vein wall use anti-inflammatory drugs analgesics.
The list of the most effective tools
phlebotonics
Important: in the form of tablets phlebotrophic medicines if varicose veins are contraindicated for use in the first trimester of pregnancy, for breastfeeding and a particular sensitivity to the components.
The dosage and duration of drug therapy for varicose veins of the lower limbs, calculates the doctor according to the severity of the process and history.
Blood-thinning medications for varicose veins
Appointment of agents antiplatelet in the form of injections and pills in order to improve the fluidity of the blood and prevent blood clots, it only deals with your doctor. Dosage and schedule of treatment of patients is assigned only individually.
These drugs, medicines that thin the blood in varicose veins, as chimes, trental, pentoxifylline, have serious contraindications and side effects. During their application we need to check regularly the indicators of clotting of the blood, delivering the analysis INR.
Anti-inflammatory non-steroidal substances
This type of medications required in the case of severe pain, spreading in the motion context of the vessel, with a temperature rise, to reduce the swelling and other symptoms of the inflammatory process. They will help you to suspend the process of the development of varicose veins in thrombophlebitis and thrombosis, which are dangerous to life.
The dosage and the duration of the course is determined only by a doctor, because these drugs have serious contraindications and side effects.
You can't do
The diagnosis of varicose veins are carefully to refer to one lifestyle, nutrition and sporting activity. Are not allowed:
- active exercise, running, jumping (are allowed to and from yoga classes);
- long standing or prolonged sitting position;
- the application of all the medicines without consulting the doctor-phlebologist;
- the long crossings aerial with coercive secures the position of the feet. Also, at altitude, there is a strong thickening of the blood, which leads to the formation of blood clots;
- the adoption of hot tubs and a sauna;
- it is strictly forbidden to cupping and honey massage, is permitted only with a hand massage.
Possible complications
Wounds cause severe pain, the violation of lifestyle, work and sleep because of the strengthening of the feeling of heaviness in the legs, and the inability to stand for long to move.
- The sores – the form complications in varicose veins, which manifests itself in developing and deepening long-term non-healing wounds. Usually on the tibia occurs separate painful ulcers inside the which often look "moisture" in the form of a selection of serous red fluid that covers the diseased tissue.
- Thrombophlebitis is characterized by acute inflammation of the wall of the vessel affected, with the formation of the masses thrombotic, obstruct the lumen of the vein and violate the normal flow of blood. When you are walking or standing you experience pain, hyperemia and compaction tissues along the vein, often raises the temperature.
- The gap of vienna or node causes a strong bleeding, which requires urgent medical intervention.
An urgent appeal for medical assistance
Immediate recourse to the doctor is necessary if any of the following symptoms:
- Increased pain in the affected limb, the inability to get up from the bed, or take a couple of steps;
- The skin on the leg warm, edematous and dense to the touch.
- The skin color varies from pale cyanotic or cianotiche-red;
- Sudden shortness of breath, lack of air, sweating, and a strong weakness;
- Bleeding from the phase affected skin or of the site.
The necessary drugs for the varicose veins of the lower limbs must be present in the schema of complete treatment. Even after surgery, you will need a couple of courses receiving phlebotonic and anti-platelet agentibus of funds in order to prevent possible disturbances trophic inflammations and complications on the background of the disease.
Many injection molding of components drugs for varicose veins act combined, they have different functions. The effectiveness of these drugs is more pronounced. Well apply a treatment of exchange rates in the right dosage, calculated phlebologist, in combination with compression therapy, yoga, swimming, herbalism.