Many consider varicose veins a cosmetic problem because you can live with it for many years without feeling worse. SSThis opinion is wrong and sometimes dangerous. Why should varicose veins be treated and how to do it right?
Why is varicose disease dangerous?
For very varicose veins, these are just ugly, protruding on the surface of the vein of the legs. Meanwhile, if this disease is ignored, it can have serious consequences and even to disability. According to researchers, 10 to 30% of varicose veins end with disability.
But there is, as they say, "good news". At the early stage, varicose veins are easy to treat and if they are subsequently monitored by the doctor and undergoing preventive examinations, then relapses can be avoided. And for many years, you maintain both beauty and leg health.
What do you choose? The answer is obvious. SS
What are varicose veins?
Varicose veins are a vein disease, there are no other vessels subordinated to it. It occurs if the prerequisites are designed for excessive stretching of the venous walls. For example, standing or sitting, long static legs, including sports, surplus, hereditary predisposition and more. As the blood through the veins of the legs flows, overcoming the strength of weight, the work of the muscles of the lower limbs is necessary for normal blood flow. They, they shrink, play the role of a kind of pump. If we sit or stand all day, then the muscles do not contract and the movement of the blood slows down. This leads to the formation of venous stagnation.
An important role in the formation of varicose veins of the lower limbs is played by the condition of the valves. These are special "blinds" that are in the vein and prevent the opposite flow of blood from top to bottom. If the valves are closed freely, then proper blood movement is disturbed. As a result, the walls of the vein expand further, the risk of developing inflammatory diseases of the veins increases.
What happens if varicose veins are not treated?
"If you do not cure varicose veins, then the legs will become ugly and occasionally harm" - such a wrong opinion can often be heard by those who either do not varied veins or is very poorly expressed. Although. SS
As experts note, if you do not see at the feet of convincing blue veins, it does not mean that you do not have varicose veins. Vascular stars, blue capillaries that appear on the skin, may also indicate the presence of varicose veins of the lower limbs. And the earlier the treatment begins, the more effective it will be.
The second important point: the severity of the veins for varicose veins does not always clearly show the stage of the disease. The congenital characteristics of the veins, such as the depth of appearance, the volume of the lumen, the thickness of the wall affects how quickly and to what extent the external manifestations of the disease occur. In any case, only a phlebologist can say about the degree of development of varicose veins after ultrasound of the veins.
The lack of treatment of varicose veins threatens a number of unpleasant consequences.
- The disease will constantly progress. Therefore, varicose veins do not pass by itself, without appropriate therapy, the condition of the veins will gradually deteriorate. And that means that pain, swelling, convulsions will increase. Gradually, these unpleasant symptoms will become constant.
- Thrombophlebitis may develop. The stretching of the venous wall and the stagnation of the blood create the prerequisites for the formation of a blood clot in the lumen of the vessel. The effects of thrombophlebitis are well known: it is either the complete closure of the lumen of the vein and the impaired blood circulation, or the release of the blood clots and the blockage of other vessels, to the pulmonary arteries.
- Another unpleasant complication of varicose veins is a trophic ulcer. Any disorder of the bloodstream sooner or later leads to a disorder of the nutrition of the surrounding tissues. Therefore, a wound may form on the limbs, which is not a healing, affected by varicose veins. In the absence of treatment, the trophic ulcers themselves do not cure completely and can eventually lead to gangrene.
Are you still thinking if it's worth treating varicose veins on the lower limbs? Of course, it's worth it.
What should be done to treat varicose veins?
In order to cure varicose veins effectively, it is necessary to take several steps.
Step 1
Contact a specialized clinic. Viney diseases are recommended to be treated by a phlebologist. Only these experts will take into account all the characteristics of the vein structure and will offer optimally overall treatment. Monot methads do not always lead to a complete get rid of the disease.
Step 2
Take an ultrasound examination. This is the "gold standard" of the diagnosis of veins used worldwide. This is the only way to assess the true state of the blood vessels.
Step 3
Go through the recommended treatment entirely. Doctors usually make up a comprehensive program. It may include, for example, laser treatment to remove large veins and sclerotherapy to remove smaller vessels. Do not neglect any of these procedures: the complex has achieved complete removal of all affected veins and the risk of relapse is noticeably reduced.
Step 4
Follow all doctors' recommendations. During the treatment and during the period after it, you will be prescribed the knitwear that should be worn. Compression helps to establish venous blood flow and also increases the effectiveness of therapeutic procedures.
Step 5
Prevention regularly. Visiting a phlebologist every six months will help to avoid recurrence of varicose veins.