Learn about the stages of varicose veins is very important, in time to start the prevention and the treatment. After all, this may be the first step to maintain the health of the veins. As a feeling of tiredness and heaviness in the legs at the end of the day, to the knowledge of almost all the devices that you connect to with varicose veins. However, these symptoms can be signs of a disease of the veins.
Once we notice that there are different variants of the classification stages of varicose veins in the legs. We turn to the one which divides the development of the disease in three phases: the phase of payment, stage of subcompensation and decompensation. Consider them more.
Varicose veins: the initial phase
The initial stage of varicose veins is also called the stage payment.
This period can last from a few months to several years. The fact is that in the body-in mechanisms that are activated in the event of a violation of the work of the veins, and compensate for them. That's why the initial stage of varicose veins has been awarded the title of "stage payment". But in this lies the danger: the man can long ignore the signs of the disease and lose time, when the fight with him would have been more effective.
In this phase, the external signs of varicose veins may not be available, and can manifest in the form of varicose veins - a precursor to varicose veins. Patients concerned about the heaviness in the legs, feeling of fullness, swelling of the feet towards evening, but bring them a lot of discomfort. Generally, these symptoms are charged to the fatigue at the end of the day, especially if the profession is tied to a long stay in the feet.
If varicose veins are diagnosed at an early stage, it is assigned to conservative non-surgical treatment. In particular, we apply the different types of sclerotherapy.
Varicose veins progresses
As seems to be varicose veins in the initial phase of about understandable: the external signs are not expressed, the patient should focus on his state of health. But in a second phase, called the phase subcompensation, usually patients go to their doctors.
Sub-payment - stage of the disease, when the body is unable to fully manage with all the negative consequences. The patient begins not only to complain of a pain or swelling at the end of the day, but experience a discomfort constant, which prevents you from living your life. And at this time an appeal to phlebologist only need.
Veins in this stage become more pronounced and clearly visible. The skin can buy more of the dark, cyanotic, hue. In this phase of the discomfort that the patient has observed in the initial stage of varicose veins, are amplified. Swelling, pain, burning sensation, small cramps in the legs, is celebrated not only in the evening and the night.
In this stage showed the most severe treatment: coagulation, laser, minimally invasive surgery, necessarily it is recommended that you wear compression stockings.
If varicose veins are not treated...
If patients do not relate strictly to his condition and not addressed to phlebologist, treats varicose veins go in the third, de-compensation stage.
Failure - stage of the disease, when the body ceases to cope with its function, following a long illness. At this point, the mechanisms of adaptation and of services stop working.
On the de-compensation phase of varicose veins outflow of blood, the blood of deformed veins seriously disturbed. Consequently, it suffers the nutrition of the tissues, in their fluid accumulates that can occur ulcers. Vein strongly deformed, are possible serious complications in the form of thrombophlebitis.
In this phase, the treatment of varicose veins is necessary to make urgently, conservative methods are ineffective for the patients to show the operation. Otherwise, the disease begins to pose a threat to life.
There is an international classification of the stages of varicose veins, which is different from that shown above. The experts distinguish seven phases of the disease, which are indicated with the letter (from the Latin class):
- C0 - the stage, when the signs of visible varicose veins are not present
- C1 - the appearance of varicose veins or reticular (small, superficial) veins
- C2 - become visible subcutaneous varicose veins diameter greater than 3 mm
- C3 - stage of varicose veins, which is characterized by the constant presence of edema
- C4 - the appearance of changes on the skin or leg ulcers
- C5 - the formation of venous ulcers of the closed
- S6 - the formation of venous ulcers open
And remember: no matter what the classification of the stages of varicose veins apply the treating physician, the treatment of the disease more effectively in the early stages.