Know the stages of varicose veins, it is very important that the time to begin prevention and treatment. After all, you can be the first step to maintain the health of the veins. These feelings as tiredness and heaviness in the legs at the end of the day, known to almost everyone, but few of them that communicates with the occurrence of varicose veins. In the meantime, these symptoms can be signs of vein disease.
Just keep in mind that there are several variants of classification of the stages of the varicose veins of the legs. We refer to that which divides the disease into three stages: a compensation stage, the stage of subcompensation phase of decompensation. Take a closer look.
Varicose veins: initial phase
The initial stage of varicose veins, also called the compensation stage.
This period can last from several months to several years. The fact that the body has inherent mechanisms that are activated when a malfunction of the veins and compensate for them. It is for this reason that the initial stage of the varicose veins is called "phase compensation." But in this lies the danger: people may for a long time to ignore the signs and miss the time in which the fight with him would be more effective.
In this stage, external signs of varicose veins may be absent, and can appear as spider veins - the harbingers of varicose veins. The patients suffer from heavy legs, abdominal distension, swelling of the feet towards the afternoon, but that led to minor discomfort. In general, these symptoms are written off to fatigue at the end of the day, especially if the profession is associated with prolonged stay on his feet.
If varicose veins are diagnosed in a first phase, there will be a conservative non-surgical treatment. In particular, there are different types of sclerotherapy.
Varicose veins progresses
It looks like varicose veins in the early stage of the approximately clear: the marketing of signs are not expressed, the patient should focus on their health. But in the second phase, called the stage of decompensation, the patients often seek medical attention.
The sub-compensation stage of the disease when the body cannot fully cope with all the negative consequences. The patient begins not only to complain of pain or swelling in the end of a hard day, but she was in constant discomfort, which prevents lead a normal lifestyle. And at this time an appeal to phlebologist is a necessity.
Veins in this stage, be more pronounced and clearly visible. The skin may become darker, to bluish. At this stage discomfort that the patient in mind in the initial stage of varicose veins, increase. Swelling, pain, burning sensation, slight cramps in the legs is characterized not only in the evening and night.
At this stage, shows a more serious treatment: laser coagulation, minimally invasive surgery, without a doubt recommend wearing compression hosiery.
If varicose veins are not treated...
If patients do not apply closely to his condition and does not appeal to phlebologist, varicose veins and the disease passes to the third of the compensatory stage.
Decompensation - the stage of the disease when the body can no longer cope with its function as a result of prolonged illness. At this point, the adaptation of mechanisms and devices stop working.
Of compensatory stage of varicose veins blood flow in veins is disturbed severely deformed. Suffering as a result of the nutrition of the tissues, they accumulate fluid, you may experience sores. The veins are strongly deformed, it is possible serious complications in the form of thrombophlebitis.
In this stage, the treatment of varicose veins is necessary to carry out urgently, conservative methods have proven ineffective, so that the patients are displayed in the surgery. Otherwise, the disease begins to endanger life.
There is an international classification of varicose veins, which is different from the previous one. The Experts identified seven stages of the disease, which is denoted by the letter C (in Latin class):
- S0 is the stage where the visible signs of varicose veins do not exist
- S1 - the appearance of spider or reticular veins (small, superficial) veins
- C2 - become visible subcutaneous veins with a diameter superior to 3 mm
- C3 - stage of varicose veins, which is characterized by permanent inflammation
- S4 - the appearance of the skin changes or venous ulcers
- C5 - training of closed venous ulcers
- S6 - formation of open venous ulcers
And remember: regardless of the classification of the stages of varicose veins is applied the treating physician, the treatment is more effective in the early stages.