varicosity of the veins of the legs – is not only an aesthetic problem, causing concern among the people about its attractiveness, but also a dangerous disease, that requires an adequate treatment and compliance with prevention measures.
The causes of the onset of varicose veins much: starting from a sedentary life-style, physical overload and ends hormonal errors, congenital weakness of the walls of the blood vessels, pregnancy. What happens during varicosity? If varicose veins of the lower limbs, they lose elasticity, and under the pressure of the blood are stretched.
The valves in the veins, under normal conditions are the locks, and when the blood passes through them, close and give the possibility to reverse the outflow of blood. If the valve is not working properly, the blood can freely be delivered down, which leads to a stagnation of blood.
Because of this, the veins can not cope with the pressure, dilate, the valves are no longer able to block large skylight - all this causes an event in the initial phase varicosity.
The causes varicosity
Because it occurs varicosity, and what is that? The main risk factors for the development of the disease is considered a genetic predisposition and gender. For love high calcibus, the hormonal changes during pregnancy and taking oral contraceptives, women are the victims of varicosity two times more often than men.
The development of the disease contribute to:
- The legacy. The inheritance goes, it is not of itself a disease, but a genetically determined the structure of the veins: weak connective tissue of the venous wall, the defects in the defective valves in the veins. That's why varicosity can be observed in young, healthy, and active (regardless of gender) people and also for children. According to the scientists, the genetic predisposition is the main factor that leads to varicose veins of the legs.
- The hormonal changes. Because of the characteristics of the body in women in periods of hormonal mistakes become the causes of the stagnation of blood. For them, the most dangerous periods – puberty, pregnancy, the time after the birth. Also a dangerous moment, when it comes to the menopause. This category of sexual of patients is aimed at doctors 2-3 times more often. Female organs insufficient hormones that are called estrogen. Instead, what prevails is the so-called hormones of the corpus luteum. Considering that it is him that has a relaxing effect on the muscles. This leads to the dilation of the veins.
- The lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle, or a job that requires a long stay in the feet, encourages the development of varicose veins.
- Age. With the time the valves and the walls of the veins become thin, this leads to the rupture of their work.
- Obesity. Excess weight leads to an increase of the load on the veins of the legs.
Secondary varicosity occurs when wounds of the foot, the evils of the heart, disorders of the liver and spleen. In this case, in the first place, spend the corresponding primary treatment of the disease.
Phase varicosity
We can distinguish 3 stages of symptom progression in developing varicosity.
- The phase of payment. Complaints are not present. During the inspection were observed varicose veins on one or two feet.
- Phase sub-compensations. During the inspection of the feet are visible, expressed varicose veins. Patients present with complaint of a feeling of fullness, paresthesia ("goose bumps") in the area of the legs, nocturnal cramps. There is a slight swelling of the feet, ankles and legs in the evening. In the morning swelling to disappear.
- Phase of decompensation. These features combine dermatitis, eczema. Patients worried about itching. The skin becomes dry, bright, well-knit with of the subcutaneous tissue. Small hemorrhages and the subsequent deposition of hemosiderin cause hyperpigmentation.
In and of itself varicosity is not considered to be a very serious disease, but if it is already developed, just not be held and even more, will progress, leading to all kinds of complications, which represent the greatest danger.
Signs varicosity
The first signs that indicate the beginning of the development of varicosity:
- fatigue of the legs;
- the swelling of the lower limbs;
- the feeling of heaviness in the legs.
In the later stages you may notice the appearance of varicose veins on the skin in the beings, veins protruding, and various gaskets, evidence of stagnation in the blood vessels.
The symptoms of varicose veins on the legs
In a different phase of the varicosity veins, the symptoms can be different from almost asymptomatic small vascular "stars" to the heavy and painful events.
Suspect the development of an initial phase can be so the symptoms:
- the onset of pain in the legs, feeling of warmth, and sometimes burning in the veins of the legs;
- the heaviness in the legs;
- in the evening there swelling in the legs;
- of night i start cramping in the legs;
- advanced of vienna;
- skin the tibia assumes a dark color, appear in the seals, are possible wounds.
Discover no primary signs, you must immediately begin the treatment of varicose veins – symptoms disappear.
Diagnostics
To diagnose varicosity of the lower extremities and prescribe the appropriate treatment, the specialist suggests the patient to undergo a complete examination, and consists of a variety of techniques.
- Duplex (ULTRASOUND of the veins)- the most informative for the diagnosis of varicose veins of the legs, giving the possibility to have an idea on the degree of varicose veins, the direction of the current of blood in the veins and their ability to step, but also to detect the presence of blood clots (thrombi).
- Contrast venography, which is a method of survey that allows you to detect advanced to vienna, and to know the degree of their permeability for blood.
Diagnose varicosity vein can only highly qualified doctor.
The consequences
Complicated for varicosity accompanied the formation of thrombosis and inflammation of veins, trophic ulcers and skin disorders. These complications are manifested in the change of color of the skin of the feet, rubore, dimout, venetus of the skin.
Also characterized by persistent swelling of the ankle, particularly strong when walking or standing. In the area of the calf you experience pain when walking, soreness in извитой of vienna, the seal on the skin and the formation of ulcers of varying size.
Prevention
If you have a tendency to this disease, the following tips will help you to slow down its progression:
- Wear comfortable shoes, without heel, high heel or low.
- When it loads it is possible to make a bandage for legs or wear medicinal knitted things, but only after consulting your doctor.
- Do not stand and do not stay long in the same place – move it, do the charging, this changes the position of the body.
- Do not take hot baths, especially in the morning – better to replace with a shower with hot end cold pouring in.
- Stop smoking, which worsens the condition of the blood vessels.
Fundamental to the prevention is the moderate physical activities: swimming, walking, cycling, charging.
During pregnancy
Pregnancy significantly increases the risk of developing varicosity of the veins of the lower limbs contribute to this reasons:
- The hormones that circulate in the blood during pregnancy, increases the extensibility of the venous wall and favors the stagnation of venous blood in the legs.
- Increase in intra-abdominal pressure in pregnancy makes it more difficult outflow of blood in the veins of the legs.
- varicosity veins, which emerged during the pregnancy, can go completely after the birth, or to progress further, which depends on several factors (heredity, the presence of other factors).
Treatment varicosity of the veins of the legs
If varicose veins on the legs treatment may not be a medical necessity, if the symptoms are not problematic.
However, some people may want to treat varicose veins for aesthetic reasons, because they are unhappy with their eyesight.
We analyze the basic techniques that will help you to get rid of this problem.
- The sclerotherapy. This method of treatment applies alone and in combination with conservative procedures. Its essence consists in the fact that in a small vein needle or a syringe introduced special, signantes your medication, then vienna disappears completely. The sessions are held once a week, requires 3 to 6 sessions. The method allows you to avoid scars and scars.
- Non-surgical treatment. If the varicose veins – in the initial phase, and if it does not cause too great inconvenience, may be recommended elastic compression stockings. Their wear during daily activities. They help to compress the veins, keeping them from distortions and restrictions of any discomfort or pain.
- Pharmacological treatment of varicosity relieves symptoms, reduces the swelling and the pain, slows down the process of development, but is not able to stop the disease completely, and recover damaged files of vienna.
- Laser treatment for varicose veins on the legs can be used on the surface of the skin. With a small flash of laser light in the wall of the vein develops the process sclerotic and varicose veins disappears, as if he had removed.
An important role in the treatment and prevention perform physical activities — detail walking, gymnastics, swimming and water exercise (excluding exercise of the sport with a big load on the foot, tennis, weight lifting, jumping).
Drugs venotonics
The action of these drugs is aimed at increasing the tone of smooth muscles in the walls of the blood vessels, which helps maintain their elasticity and normalize blood circulation in the affected areas.
Many of venotonics is drugs integrated actions. The effect you get when you use them, extends not only to vienna, but all the ships that are in our body.
How to treat varicosity varicose veins folk remedies
There are a number of methods of treatment of varicose veins on legs folk remedies, both for external and for internal use. Listed below are the most common:
- The flowers of horse chestnut (50 grams) it is necessary to pay 500 grams of alcohol, after which let it rest for 14 days, for each day of oscillation of a bottle. Lose dye through the network, and eat it by the spoonful, with water, three times per day before meals. So need to be treated for a week, then take a break of two weeks. Then, the processing can start again.
- The infusion of dried nettle to apply with varicose veins. Dried shredded leaves of the plant, pour in a thermos 1/2 l of boiling water, to insist 30-40 minutes, strain and take 1/3 cup 3 times a day 1 hour after the meal.
- A wrap of tomato. Chopped tomato, go on a bandage, a gauze, and applied to the affected area. For your convenience, you can tie a rubber band or another with a blindfold. Thus it remains a body wrap in vienna for 2 hours, then change again, and so on for a total of 3 times. The convenience of this wrap is that it can be repeated every day.
- Infused oil to nuts: the unripe walnuts mince, pour into a glass bowl, pour the olive oil and 40 days to insist in a sunny location. The finished tincture to lubricate the sore spots. The course of treatment of long duration, as and when you use the kalanchoe.
In addition to folk remedies, many of the sick of varicosity complete the therapy, a special exercise — feel a substantial improvement allow operating Mikulina.