According to medical statistics, the fourth part of the world's population suffers from varicose veins. Each third woman from his own experience knows what varicose veins is on the legs. But, despite such a disappointing situation, this disease is quite amenable to treat, moreover, with illness, it is necessary to fight in the early stages of its appearance and even if there are prerequisites for the disease. What methods can I do - read on.
When varicose veins begins
Varicose begins to develop when the veins lose the ability to cope with the blood flow moving along them. This is due to the reduction of the elasticity of the walls of the veins and atrophing valves inside them, which leads to a bloodstream. At the same time, the patient's age does not matter - the disease can manifest itself both in 20 and in 60 years.
Factors affecting the development of varicose
Among the factors contributing to the development of varicose veins, doctors distinguish several basic:
- Genetic predisposition. If one of the parents is sick of varicose veins, the likelihood that the child in the future will develop a similar illness, reaches 70%.
- Failures in the endocrine system and hormonal restructuring. Most of all this concerns women who have varicose veins during pregnancy, after the birth of a child or in a menopacteric period.
- Lifestyle. Stating or sedentary work, sedimentaryness leads to a stagnation of blood, weakening the tone of the vessels. With a part of the seat "foot on the leg" of the vessels and are greatly pierced.
- Diseases and violations in the work of the nervous system. They are one of the leading factors in the development of varicose.
Prevention of varicose veins
Phlebologic doctors recommend people who have genetically weak veins and, accordingly, the high probability of development of varicose veins, carry out preventive measures.
Here are some recommendations on this:
- After a day spent on the legs, rinse them with cool water and lie a little, putting his legs on the pillow. This will give Vienna the opportunity to "stay".
- If for a long time you have to stay in a sitting position (drive in the car, fly on the aircraft) and there is no possibility to get up and walk, periodically charge the legs.
- Wear compression knitwear. But do not buy them yourself, but first consult a doctor who will help you choose the right product after the vein survey.
- Avoid thermal loads, because from frequent overheating in the saunas, the vessels lose the tone on the sun, and there is a stagnation of venous blood.
- Balance your diet and eat more products with a vitamin E content and fiber, reinforcing vessel walls.
Methods of treatment varicose
Among modern methods of treating the disease, the following are distinguished:
- sclerotherapy;
- laser coagulation;
- radio frequency ablation;
- surgical intervention.
Experienced specialists to improve therapeutic effect can be applied immediately from these methods, but it is better to prevent preventive measures to use prophylactic measures in time.
It should be noted that widespread creams and gels are not struggling with varicose veins, but only temporarily remove its symptoms and can serve as part of the complex treatment of the disease.
The most effective way to combat varicose veins is the timely appeal to the surgeon-phlebologist. Moreover, it is not necessary to go to the specialist when the veins are already visible to the naked eye, and immediately, as soon as disturbing pains, vascular stars or ethnicity appeared. Only in this case is the likelihood of complete cure from the disease.
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