varicosity of veins in the legs – and not just a cosmetic problem, causing the concern of the people about its attractiveness, but also a dangerous disease, which requires treatment appropriate and compliance with preventive measures.
Causes of varicose veins very: since the sedentary life style, overloads, physical and ending of hormonal dysfunctions, innate weakness of the walls of the vessels, pregnancy. What happens during the varicosity? When varicose veins varicose veins of the lower limbs, they lose their normal elasticity, and, under the pressure of the blood stretched.
Valves in the veins, in the state of certain castles, and when the blood passes through them, they close and provide the possibility of the return of the flow of blood. If the work of the valves, to detect failures, the blood can freely be delivered down, which leads to stagnation of blood.
In the communication, the veins do not cope well with the pressure, expands, the valve no longer is able to replace a large skylight - all this causes occurs the initial phase of varicosity.
The causes of varicosity
Why it occurs and varicosity, and what is it? The main risk factors for the development of a disease is considered a genetic predisposition and gender identity. For the love of the high calcibus, adaptation, hormonal during pregnancy and receipt of contraceptives, women become victims of varicosity two times more men.
The development of the disease through:
- Heredity. The inheritance goes to the not the disease itself, but genetically due to the structure of the veins: weak connective tissue, the venous walls, defects and defective valves of the veins. That is why varicosity can occur in young, healthy and active (regardless of sex), the people and even in children. According to the scientists, the genetic predisposition is the main factor that led to the varicose expansion of the veins of the legs.
- The hormonal changes. Because of the characteristics of the body of women in periods of hormonal failures become the causes of stagnation of blood. For them, the most dangerous periods – puberty, pregnancy, the time after the birth. It is also a dangerous time, when menopause arrives. This category of sexual of patients directed to doctors in 2-3 times more. In the female organs insufficient hormones, which are called of estrogen replacement. Instead of them, there is the so-called hormones of the corpus luteum. It is believed that it has muscle relaxant action. This facilitates the expansion of the veins.
- Lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle, or work, requiring an extended stay in the foot, contributes to the development of varicose veins.
- Age. With time, the valves and the walls of the veins become thin, it leads to a disruption of your work.
- Obesity. The excess weight leads to the increase of the workload of vienna feet.
Secondary varicosity occurs when the lesions of the feet, the evils of the heart, violations of the functions of the liver and spleen. In this case, in the first place, spend the appropriate treatment, the primary disease.
The phase of varicosity
You can select from 3 of the stage of progression of the symptoms in the development of varicosity.
- The stage of payment. Complaints of lack. During the inspection detect варикозно advanced vienna about one or two feet.
- The phase sub-compensations. During the inspection on the legs visible expressed варикозно advanced of vienna. Patients present with complaints of sensation of flatulence, paraesthesia ("tingling") in the area of the legs, cramps in the clubs. It is marked a small swelling to stop, ankles and legs at night. In the morning the swelling to disappear.
- The phase of decompensation. The featured come together, dermatitis, eczema. Patients worried about itching in the skin. The skin becomes dry, bright, well-спаянной with fabric fibers. Small hemorrhages, and the subsequent deposition of hemosiderin contribute to гиперпигментацию.
By itself varicosity is not considered a very serious disease, but if he already evolved, alone, will never pass, and even moreover, will progress, leading to all the possible complications, which represent the greatest risk.
Signs of varicosity
The first signs that indicate the start of the development of varicosity:
- rapid fatigue of the feet;
- swelling of the lower limbs;
- feeling of heaviness in the legs.
In more advanced stages one can notice the appearance of spider veins on the skin покровах, projecting from vienna and various seals, showing stagnation in the vessels.
The symptoms of varicose veins in the legs
In a different stage of varicosity veins, the symptoms can be different – from almost asymptomatic small vascular "stars" heavy and painful manifestations.
One can suspect the development of the initial stage may be such симптоматике:
- the appearance of pain in the legs, feeling of warmth, and sometimes burning sensation through the veins of the feet;
- weight in the legs;
- in the evening appear swelling in the legs;
- the evening will begin cramps in the legs;
- advanced of vienna;
- the skin of the leg acquires a dark color, appear the seals, are possible trophic ulcer.
To discover that no primary signals, need to start immediately the treatment of varicose veins – symptoms, by itself, is not finished.
Diagnosis
To diagnose varicosity of the lower limbs, and assign the treatment, the specialist will offer the patient to go through a comprehensive examination, which includes a variety of methods.
- The duplex scan (ultrasound of the veins)- the most informative method of diagnosis of varicose veins, and legs, giving you the opportunity to obtain the perception about the degree of varicose veins, the direction of the current of the blood in your veins, and your land, as well as to detect the presence of clots (thrombi).
- High contrast venography, which is a method of search that allows you to detect advanced of vienna and learn about your degree of permeability to the blood.
Diagnose varicosity of deep veins can only highly qualified a doctor.
Consequences
Complicated by varicosity is accompanied by the formation of thrombosis and inflammation of the veins, poisonings pests, and disorders of the skin. These complications are manifested in the color change of the skin in the legs, rubore, dimout, venetus of the skin.
Also are peculiar constants of the swelling in the ankle, especially strong walking or standing. In the area of the portfolio occur pain when walking, pain of movement извитой of vienna, the seal on the skin and education on him the plagues of various dimensions.
Prevention
If you have a tendency to this disease, the implementation of the following recommendations will help to slow its progression:
- Wear comfortable shoes without heels or with low heels.
- When loads can make the bandages of the feet, or put therapeutic mesh things, but only after medical consultation.
- Don't stand still and not sit for a long time in the same place, move around, do exercises, the more change the position of the body.
- Do not take hot baths, especially in the morning – it is best to replace them with a shower of hot end cold on final.
- Stop smoking, which worsens the state of the blood vessels.
The primary prevention is reasonable двигательная activity: swimming, hiking, bicycle trips, load.
During pregnancy
Pregnancy increases the risk of development of varicosity of the veins of the lower limbs, contribute to it, such causes:
- The circulating hormones in the blood during pregnancy, increase the stretchability of the venous wall and contributes to the stagnation of venous blood in the legs.
- Increased intra-abdominal pressure in pregnancy, prevents the exit of blood through the veins of the legs.
- varicosity veins, which arose during the pregnancy, it may pass completely after the birth, or progress, still, that depends on individual factors (heredity, the existence of other facilitating factors).
The treatment of varicosity of veins in the legs
When the varicose veins varicose veins in the legs, treatment may not be the doctor of a need, if the symptoms are not problematic.
However, some people may want to receive the treatment of varicose veins for cosmetic reasons, because they are dissatisfied with your view.
Analyze the main methods to help you get rid of this problem.
- Склеротерапия. This method of treatment is applied and independently, and in conjunction with the conservative procedures. Its essence consists in the fact that in a vein with a thin needle or syringe is introduced special, signantes their drug, later, vienna disappears completely. The sessions are held once per week, it is necessary from 3 to 6 such sessions. The method allows to avoid scars and scars.
- Non-surgical treatment. If the varicose veins – in the initial phase, and if he does not call very inconvenient, can be recommended elastic сжимающие socks. They are used during daily activities. They help to compress the vein, keeping them from stretching and limitations of any discomfort or pain.
- The drug treatment of varicosity it relieves the symptoms, reduces the swelling and the pain, slows the development process, but is not able to stop the disease completely, and recover damaged files of vienna.
- The laser treatment of varicose veins in the legs can be used on the surface of the skin. Using a small flash of laser light on the wall of the vein develops the process of sclerosing and varicose veins disappears, as if it were deleted.
A large role in the treatment and prevention of play in physical activity — hiking, gymnastics, swimming and water exercises (excluding a sport with a large load on the legs — table tennis, weight lifting, jumping).
Medicines venotonics
The data action of drugs aimed at increasing the tonus of smooth muscle in the walls of blood vessels, which enables them to maintain their elasticity and to normalize the circulation in the affected areas.
Many of venotonics are drugs integrated actions. Effect, which is achieved when you use them, applies not only in vienna, and all the vessels that are in our body.
How to treat varicosity veins folk media
There are a large number of techniques of treatment of varicose veins in the legs popular tools such as for outdoor and for indoor use. Below are the most common:
- Flowers of chestnuts (50 grams), you want to pour 500 gr. of alcohol, then let it rest for 14 days, each day shaking the bottle. Miss dye through fishnet and drink a spoon of soup, washed down with water, three times a day before meals. So, need to be treated for a week, then take a break of two weeks. Then, the treatment can start again.
- The infusion of dried nettle, apply varicose expansion of veins. Dry chopped leaves, pour into a thermos bottle with 1/2 liter of boiling water, to insist 30-40 minutes, filter and take 1/3 cup 3 times a day 1 hour after meals.
- Compress of tomatoes. Finely cut tomato, to stay in bandage, gauze, and is applied to the dark. For added convenience, can be mounted on elastic or other bandage. Maintained that the gauze, close to vienna, 2 hours, and then switches to the new, and so a total of 3 times. The convenience of this pad is that you can repeat every day.
- The liquor nuts: greens, nuts in a blender, pour in a glass of capacity, cover with olive oil and 40 days to insist in a sunny location. The finished tincture lubrication patients space. The course of long-term treatment, how and when to use the kalanchoe.
In addition to medications, many patients, varicosity complement the therapy, special gymnastics to feel a significant improvement allow the exercise Mikulina.