Varicose veins are a disease that not only seriously worsens the appearance of the legs, but also poses a significant threat to human health and life.
Venous disease of the lower limbs is the result of the failure of the intravenous valves, which, since they do not fit tightly to the walls of the blood vessels, do not ensure uninterrupted blood circulation.
In a healthy body, blood circulates in two directions - from the heart to the legs and vice versa.
If the blood is not completely drained from the lower limbs, congestion occurs in the veins of the legs, which causes the large veins to stretch, become brittle, and the capillaries protrude to the surface of the skin, causing swelling and pain.This is what the main symptoms of varicose veins look like.
What will happen if you don't pay attention to the fact that everything is not going smoothly in the organization?The next stage of the disease is the appearance of venous nodules, the progression of the stretching of the veins, their protrusion onto the surface of the skin, and then trophic ulcers and thrombophlebitis.This is a direct threat to life.
How can the disease be overcome, many patients ask?Is it possible to remove protruding veins on the legs at home?We hastened to reassure him: with timely treatment, the results will most likely be positive.
This article discusses ways to overcome blue varicose veins.
General rules
In addition to pills, ointments and folk remedies, many factors are needed to combat venous diseases at home.
One of the most important ways to remove varicose veins on the legs is to completely review and change your daily lifestyle.The venous patient will need:
- It is important to look at your daily diet from the outside.Do you like fried, smoked, sweet, as well as strong coffee, tea, soda?All of this should be excluded from the diet and replaced with cereals, vegetables and fruits, lean meat and non-carbonated water.Otherwise, you need to drink a lot, so excessive blood thickness can be prevented.
- All kinds of "seafood" are very useful for varicose veins - clams, squid, shrimps, seaweed.Due to their high iodine content, these products help strengthen the vein walls and improve their condition.
- You should also give up cigarettes with alcohol.There are no comments here.
- Are you used to a sedentary lifestyle, but are varicose veins causing your leg pain?Complete physical inactivity can only worsen the condition.A slow daily walk and certain sports (more on this later) provide excellent help in treating varicose veins at home.By strengthening the leg muscles with regular physical activity, it prevents further stretching of the veins and the accumulation of blood in the calves, providing the diseased veins with a reliable muscle tourniquet.
- During your work, do you have to stand on your feet all the time or, on the contrary, do you have to sit in front of a computer monitor?These factors pose a direct threat to the appearance of venous networks and bulging veins.The solution is to alternate the standing position with relaxing rest, drain the blood with a small pillow under your feet.
Or vice versa - after spending several hours in a chair, get up and exercise.Thus, the blood circulation is normalized, and the calf muscles begin to "work" and become stronger.
Compression shirt
Another effective way to treat the veins of the legs, if not to cure, but at least tonify and prevent further deformation and deterioration of the condition.
As a result of balanced compression (compression), such underwear helps to eliminate the symptoms of varicose veins as follows:
- It prevents further stretching of the walls of blood vessels, prevents the formation of knots and the protrusion of veins onto the skin surface.
- It normalizes vascular and capillary blood flow, which improves blood circulation and oxygen exchange in the tissues of the lower limbs.This prevents the risk of developing trophic ulcers and thrombosis.
- Reduces swelling and pain in the calf area.
Compression clothing is available in several compression classes (grades), from the previous to 4, recommended for the pathological form of venous insufficiency.
Your doctor will help you choose the right compression class and write a prescription for the purchase of medical equipment.
Hirudotherapy
Another way to remove veins on the legs at home is therapy with pharmaceutical leech.According to doctors, this healing worm not only removes a blood clot from an unhealthy deformed vein, but also helps reduce the viscosity of blood due to the content of a special substance - hirudin - in its saliva.
It is important to note that if you are prone to bleeding, this method of treating varicose veins is not for you.
Hydrotherapy
Unhealthy veins can be treated with water at home or in a swimming pool.
At home, it is very useful to take a contrast shower on sore limbs, gradually increasing the temperature range to 15-25 degrees.With regular procedures, the diseased veins get sound, blood circulation speeds up significantly, pain and swelling disappear.
Regular exercise in the swimming pool is a great way to strengthen the thigh and leg muscles and to stop the formation of varicose veins due to the gentle pressure of the water on the legs.
But it is better for vein patients to forget about baths and saunas, as excessive overheating is the enemy of diseased veins.
Medicines
Pharmacy products prescribed by phlebologists as part of the complex therapy of varicose veins at home are divided according to the method of use into products for external use: gels, ointments and creams, and drugs for oral administration: tablets, capsules, dragees and sometimes suspensions.
Based on the principle of therapeutic effects, all anti-varicose drugs can be divided into several groups:
- Phlebotonic agents.These can be tablets or gels that help strengthen the structure of the vessel walls, increase their tone, and stop further thinning and stretching.According to doctors, products containing the flavonoids diosmin and hesperidin are the most effective.
- Blood thinning medicationscalled anticoagulants.Due to the active ingredient in the preparation (most often heparin), these drugs have a positive effect on the speed of venous and capillary blood flow, as well as prevent excessive blood thickening and the formation of blood clots - thrombi.
- Angioprotective drugs.These are devices that normalize blood circulation in the vessels and capillaries, as a result of which the oxygen and blood supply to the soft tissues of the calves is normalized and the risk of thrombosis and trophic ulcers is reduced.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs.Thanks to their use, the risk of inflammation of the inner layer of the vein wall and the adjacent soft tissues is significantly reduced, and the existing inflammatory processes gradually disappear.
Folk remedies
Treatment methods with folk remedies occupy a special place in the topic of removing varicose veins on the legs.
Reviews of patients show that many of them can be very effective if you follow the dosage and take into account the doctor's opinion.
There are many recipes on this topic: poultices for external use, ointments, foot baths.
There are also enough recipes for oral administration to get rid of varicose veins at home.
The following tools are particularly popular:
- There are many recipes made from the fruit or flowers of the horse chestnut, which contains escin, which is essential for venous health.
Take 500 ml of good quality vodka or food grade alcohol and pour 50 grams of chestnut nut powder into it.
Leave it in a dark place for three weeks, then filter it thoroughly and apply it as a poultice, soaked in several layers of cotton cloth or gauze, and applied to the leg.
In addition, the poultice is fixed with a polyethylene layer and a warm cloth and left overnight.The duration of such treatment is 2 weeks.
- Apple cider vinegar is an excellent remedy for venous diseases, as they say, the opinion of patients who prefer treatment with folk remedies.We can also make poultices with it, but the duration of their application should not exceed 30-40 minutes.
- Many people use wormwood decoction to remove varicose veins.For this, the leaves and flowers of the plant must be mixed together and applied overnight as a poultice.Do this for a week, then take a week off.
It is important to recognize:the treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, according to all his recommendations.
Determined action
If conservative methods fail to remove the diseased veins, the doctor will probably recommend surgical methods, which may be minimally invasive or may involve classical surgery.
Minimally invasive methods
- Laser or radiofrequency ablation.This is a method where diseased veins are removed by gluing (soldering) them with a laser or radiation frequencies.
- Sclerosis of blood vessels.Diseased veins are removed from the bloodstream by sticking them together with injections of a special substance - sclerosant.
- Mini and microphlebectomy.In this way, a small part of the vessel is removed by microincision, resection and suturing in the skin.
Classic phlebectomy
According to surgeons, this is a rather serious traumatic operation, during which several incisions are made in the skin of the leg, the diseased vein is completely removed with a bent needle, removed, and the tributaries are sewn together.
After such an intervention, the patient needs bed rest and long-term rehabilitation.
Conclusion
Take yourself seriously!If you notice signs of varicose veins, do not delay in seeing a doctor.The sooner treatment begins, the greater the chance of using conservative methods without surgery.
Remove the diseased veins on the legs as soon as possible, do not start the progression of the disease!Remember, health is largely a result of the patient's attitude.