Varicose veins on the legs in women are shallow veins that interfere with valve function and impair blood flow.Blood flows from the legs through deep and superficial veins;They are interconnected with each other.
Causes of varicose veins on the legs in women, where the disease originates from:
All veins have valves;If the deep veins cannot cope with their load, then the load increases on the shallow ones.More blood enters them, making it more difficult for them to cope with the load.
That's when we see swollen veins that can be seen through the skin.
- A sedentary lifestyle, our laziness, or inactive work.
- Enthusiasm for a new diet that has no fiber.
- Heredity from parents plays a very important role.
- Tight, tight pants, wearing high-heeled shoes.
- Our habit was to sit cross-legged, and the flow of blood almost stopped.
- Heavy loads at the gym.
- Taking hormonal drugs, contraceptives, cold medicine.
This is a common cause of varicose veins in women's legs.
Signs of varicose veins in women, how to understand that you have this disease:
The peculiarity of this disease is that varicose veins in women initially do not show themselves in any way;For a very long time they were only cosmetic defects.
When the feeling of fatigue appears, heaviness in the legs with small dilated veins - this is the first symptom of varicose veins in the development of your disease.
- Then a tingling sensation disturbed me.
- Leg cramps especially at night, itching,
- Burning sensation.
- Warmth, pain, swelling.
- When swelling appears, the skin darkens and becomes smooth;Cuts and abrasions on the legs do not heal for a long time.
- This is already a more worrying symptom of the disease;The body tells you that it cannot cope with the disease on its own, which means that you need to go to a specialist for help.
Diagnosis of varicose veins on the legs in women:
The following diagnostics are carried out for varicose veins:
Methods for studying the venous system.
- Determination of venous pressure in MMHG: PhotopleHysmography is used in various positions of the patient using a compression test.
- Air plethysmography: Determines not only the volume of the deep leg (mm), but also the amount of venous blood ejection and its fraction.The amount of residual during the test with the contraction of the muscles of the lower leg.
- Ultrasound dopplerography: Determine the patency of the main vein by auscultation and graphics.The Valsalva maneuver and compression test can confirm or deny the diagnosis.
- Duplex Scanning: It is used to examine the main veins (determining the size, patency, state of the lumen and the presence of blood clots, nature and speed of blood flow, function and lack of valves).
- Intravenous ascending venography: A contrast agent is injected into a peripheral vein.The purpose of this study is to identify the pathology of the lower and upper veins.
Signs of varicose veins in women if not treated:
If varicose veins are not treated, changes will appear over time on the inner third of your lower leg:
- Dermatitis.
- Seals.
- Pigmentation.
- Then there is a very serious complication - tropic ulcer. You probably know what it is, how difficult it is to treat, live.Trophic ulcers arise due to very poor blood flow;Small injuries cause trophic ulcers to spread throughout the lower leg.
- Blood clots very often occur in dilated veins, which can break at any time and enter the pulmonary artery.Thromboembolism occurs, this is a threat to your life.
If vein inflammation begins - thrombophlebitis, you need bed rest, raise your legs, put a blanket or some kind of cushion under it.This will help relieve swelling, it compresses arteries, veins, and prevents gangrene when tissue dies.
Make sure the product contains vitamins c, p, a, e, as well as microelements:
- Potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, zinc, iron.A large amount of potassium is contained in honey vinegar and apple cider.
- To get both of these benefits, drink 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar per glass of water with honey, up to 4 glasses a day.Lubricate your feet with the same composition.
How to treat varicose veins on the legs in women:
Use drugs that increase venous tone and increase blood flow, as well as topical gels.
Mikulin exercises are very effective for clearing blood vessels: raise your toes so that your heels lift the floor by 1-2 cm, then lower yourself into them.After doing 30 times, rest for 10 seconds.Do the exercises calmly several times a day.You can hit your heels on the floor no more than 60 times at a time.
Prevention of varicose veins on the legs in women:
In order not to start the disease at the beginning of its development, prevention of varicose veins is very important.
- Start by pouring cold water on your feet, this is a kind of exercise, strengthening the blood vessels.
- Freeze medicinal herbal decoctions in the refrigerator and wipe your tired feet with these cubes.Take sage, it has an analgesic and also calming effect.
Give your feet a massage.
To do from a sitting position:
- From the bottom up, stroke your leg from the knee to the groin.Enough 3 times.
- Stretch your thigh muscles 7 times.
- Massage the knee joints clockwise.
- From a lying position, legs bent at the knees:
Remove the shin from the bottom up 3 times.
- Stretch your calf muscles 5 times.
- Shake the calf muscles 4 times.
- Stretch your legs.Massage each toe, heel, and sole more diligently.
- Light, quick strokes all over the legs;You can not touch the protruding veins - this leads to the formation of blood clots.
- Do the simplest "bicycle" exercise, alternately raising your legs, without bending them.
- Walk more.When the disease does not bother you too much, up to 8,000 steps a day.
The following tips will also help:
- Avoid alcohol.
- Limit salt, food containing, sweets, refined food, flour, canned food, smoked food, they bring nothing, if you want to be healthy, get out of their habit, in a month you will be surprised why you eat them at all.
- Avoid prolonged sitting in one position to prevent muscle stiffness, and avoid standing on your feet.
- Do not sit cross-legged, as this will interfere with venous outflow.
- Do not gain excess weight.
Do physical exercises for your legs every day:
- Get off your feet more often.
- Climb the stairs on foot, forgetting that there is an elevator for at least 5 floors.
- Swimming.
- Walk for at least an hour for 1-3 km.
- For a long time (at least 1 hour), stay in the pose with your legs raised above the level of your heart.
How to treat varicose veins on the legs in women, folk remedies:
A warm foot bath with oak bark or a decoction of calendula flowers is very useful:
Pour boiling water over 20 grams, boil for 15-20 minutes in 0.5 liters of water, then pour into a bucket, submerge your feet up to your knees for half an hour.I remind you again that the water should be warm, not hot.
I will also give you a recipe for treating trophic ulcers.Only magic ointment for varicose veins, try it from the bottom of my heart, I help you:
Take a spoon:
- Onion juice.
- Liquid laundry soap.
- Ichthyol ointment.
- Aloe juice.
- Rendered pig pig.
- Honey.
Put everything in a small pot, heat to boiling, do not boil, apply the cooled ointment to the cloth, the bandage so that you can walk with it all day.Then wash your feet and apply the ointment again for a day.
Treat until the ointment runs out.Repeat the treatment 2 times a year.The swelling is reduced, the veins are almost invisible, the irritation is gone, the pain is gone.Good luck with your treatment.
Small varicose veins are treated with a drug called a sclerosant, which closes the vein and makes it disappear.However, there are also disadvantages here: you have to wear a tight bandage for a long time, and sometimes bruises remain at the injection site forever.
Cream, ointment, gel
They are also called venotonic: various ointments, gels, creams for application to diseased veins, they have a beneficial effect on blood flow and vein walls.They are used at the first signs of the disease: heaviness in the legs, night cramps.Symptoms are reduced, to improve results, add wearing therapeutic underwear.
Removes swelling:
- Take 4 tablespoons of flax seeds per 1 liter of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, leave covered for 1 hour.Drink half a glass hot every 2 hours 6-8 times a day.The results will be visible in 2-3 weeks.
- Drink tea from lingonberry leaves (1 teaspoon per glass of water).
- 10 grams of birch leaves.Pour hot water up to 50 degrees, leave under the hood for 6 hours.Drink half a glass 2 times a day.
- You can sew a bag to fit your feet and fill them with birch leaves.Put the feet in the bag so that they are covered with leaves on all sides, then they will start to sweat, when after 4 hours they become very wet, replace them.3-4 sessions are usually enough.
How to treat varicose veins on the legs in women, compression garments:
If you have hereditary vein disease.Pain and heaviness in the legs often bother you;Consult a phlebologist or vascular surgeon for advice.
You will be scheduled to undergo a Doppler ultrasound or photo plethysmography.Know that the exam is harmless and painless.Identify the stage of development of your disease, and then the treatment method will be chosen for you.
Both for the prevention and treatment of varicose veins, therapeutic stockings, knee socks, and tights are used.It's called compression pants, there are 4 levels of compression (pressure).
They are measured in millimeters of mercury.In the early form of varicose veins, graded stockings or tight clothes are prescribed with a pressure of 18-21 mmHg.Your doctor will tell you what type of pants you need.
We treat varicose veins on the legs in women, operations:
This operation is performed under general anesthesia.0.5 cm incisions are made on the leg, where the diseased vein is pulled out.
After surgery, you must wear a compression garment.Many people want to know if it is possible to get rid of varicose veins forever.Varicose veins from the lower leg do not completely heal after surgery.
After the diseased vein has been removed, the entire load carried will be distributed to other veins, their load increases, so over time, nodes appear in other places.
However, if you do prevention in time, treat varicose veins on women's legs, and eat properly, you can delay the development of this disease for a long time, it will not develop into a worse stage.
I hope, my love, that I have helped you in some way and that you will be less sick.Walk your feet without pain for the rest of your life.