Among the vascular malformations, the most common is varicose veins that mostly affects the lower extremities of a person. Today the statistics says that one out of every three inhabitants of the planet is a patient phlebology due to problems with the vessels of the legs. Among them, one third of the patients are women, so that questions about how to treat the varicose veins in the legs of the women, the most relevant.
As well as in situation of risk are more often women, modern medicine, and the most innovative techniques to develop a series of methods for the prevention and treatment of varicose veins. It can be clearly an impact on the treatment of varicose veins should involve relevant specialist vascular surgeon. In addition, this treatment of women should be based on two principles — regularity and complexity.
Signs of varicose veins in the legs of women
To timely detect varicose veins in women, it is important to know the specifics of this disease and what signs and symptoms can send a signal to your development. Varicose veins is a pathological process, to be exact increase of the venous lumen as a result of the reduction of the elasticity and the tone of the vascular wall. This leads to abnormal stretching of the walls of the nave, and the reflux of the blood, the interruption of the venous valves, and stasis of blood.
The disease is characterized by prolonged course and slow development framework in this regard, in order to detect varicose veins in the legs is very difficult in the initial stages. The circulation can take years before a woman will feel the first signs of varicose veins. The symptoms in the initial stages is a feeling of heaviness, swelling in the legs and fatigue.
These symptoms often notice women because of their professional activities for a time in one position. In the future, there may be other symptoms of varicose veins:
- thickening of the walls of the blood vessels in the surface of the skin;
- manifestation of vascular mesh on the legs;
- the appearance of spider veins;
- itching of the symptoms veins;
- calf muscle spasms are involuntary in nature, especially at night.
To see a specialist it is important at the time of detection of at least one of these symptoms. For advice on this matter, can the internist, vascular surgeon. If you delay going to the doctor, symptoms of varicose veins added to the formation of blood clots, curved, junctions of the great veins, thrombophlebitis (inflammation of veins), and venous ulcers on the skin of the feet.
Causes
While the specialist does not identify the causes exact of vascular disease, in the care of varicose veins in the legs of women will be almost impossible. Any disease requires the study of its aetiology and pre-conditions, and after removing it you can remove the pathological process. Before the doctor faces the task of finding the reasons that led to the violation of the exit of blood.
Lead to varicose veins can excessive flow of blood to the lower limbs, the difficulty of drainage of blood from the vessels, which results in more deformation of the vessels, brittleness and friability of the vascular wall, more damage to the wall. First begin to expand the vein, after which the skin of the feet is manifested vascular wall, bulges and knots.
Due to such damage of the vascular wall and the lymph congestion occurs, it causes the appearance of edema, sensations of heaviness and pain. The legs starts to deteriorate the skin with itching and scales.
Most often in risk of varicose veins fall into the following categories of women:
- age more than 30 years of age.
- pregnancy;
- obesity or excess weight;
- the cardiovascular disease;
- the predisposition and the inheritance of the varicose veins.
In addition, these same doctors will be those women who are in the same position of the body, sitting or standing. You need to understand that if it is not treated, varicose veins leads to serious consequences — necrosis, thrombosis, ulcers, and eczema.
Drugs (gels and ointments) for external use
Varicose veins treatment, mainly in the 1 and the 2 phase of development, if diagnosed stage 3, the chances of suppressing the disease of small. Treatment should be complex, such as drug therapy, doctors usually prescribe taking the drug internal applications and external applications.
Most often, local treatment of varicose veins involves the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ointments and gels that returns vessels elasticity, strength normal and forms, as well as improve the circulation of the blood. In addition, the doctor may prescribe the ointments that relieve the pain. Also eliminate symptoms of acute varicose veins can ointment and cream based on the heparin and indomethacin.
Tablets varicose veins
As mentioned above, if the varicose veins in women has reached 2 or 3 of the development stage, the attending doctor is obliged to refer to the oral presentation of the dishes, special, used in combination with the means of external application. The tablets can be the pain killers and anti-inflammatory
The most popular tablets of varicose veins are special drugs that improve the blood circulation and blood flow, and also reduce the permeability of vessel walls. In turn means to prevent the development of stagnant processes in of blood, improving its output.
Surgery
Surgery to cure varicose veins on the legs in women only if chemotherapy was ineffective and the doctor gives the fundamental purpose of the techniques of the therapy. Most often performed on patients who suffer from varicose veins of the legs 3 and 4 stages. If more doctors see the chronic venous insufficiency will require preparatory conservative therapy.
There are several methods of surgical treatment of varicose veins in women:
- Phlebectomy — surgical excision the veins, because the pathology has been extended and modified.
- Sclerotherapy — using injection specialist injects the medication to the affected part of the vessel, causing it to stick together. Then, the flow enters only in healthy blood vessels, stuck in Vienna is slowly resorbed.
- Laser photocoagulation in the affected area begins to the impact of laser irradiation of high-frequency profile.
- Radio wave treatment is the lowest invasive and painless method of treatment that does not involve hospitalization and rehabilitation.
In the future a favorable outcome of any of these methods of therapy will depend on patient's compliance with all the recommendations and instructions of physician. In order to facilitate its recovery has the correct path of life, the diet, with the compression of underwear, as well as the equitable distribution of work and rest.
Folk remedies and methods
In addition to the basic therapy, which will appoint a specialist doctor to treat varicose veins on the legs in women be, in addition, at home, with the help of folk recipes. This home treatment will help to cope with symptoms of varicose veins, as well as accelerate the healing process.
- The night compresses an excellent job with the inflammation, itching and pain of varicose veins. To meet the need compresses at night for 4-6 weeks to do this, use the following ingredients:
- cabbage leaves, wash and scald with boiling water;
- skin of potato;
- aloe and Kalanchoe;
- grated the soap, mixed with a small amount of hot water;
- solution of Apple cider vinegar with water.
For the application of the compress, take a piece of gauze, fold it into several layers, moisten in the prepared materials and put in the right place. A bandage fix dressing, which is removed in the morning.
- Soda that is used for compresses, lotions and rubbing. In 100 ml of water dissolve one tablespoon of sodium bicarbonate, obtained by means of clean the affected areas, rinse these areas with water is not necessary. If you need to make a compress or lotion, in this solution, moisten a sample of cotton, of wool, of application with the help of a bandage to the feet. The course of treatment is a minimum of 1 month.
- Tincture of ginseng as a tonic. To prepare a tincture, take 600 ml of vodka and 150 grams of dry root of the plant. Mix the ingredients, the infusion is used for 2 weeks in a cool place and dark, constantly moving the container with the contents. Strained tincture 1-2 teaspoons to take on an empty stomach daily to 4 times.
If we talk about large varicose veins, traditional medicine recommends taking a soda bath for the feet. To do it in 2 liters of hot water dissolve 4 tablespoons of baking soda, the resulting solution is added to the water in the bathroom. The duration of a session not exceeding 20 minutes, repeating this type of manipulation can be 10 times 2 times every 7-10 days.
Exercises and gymnastics
If to increase locomotor activity, it is possible to improve the condition and functioning of the vascular system and the circulation of the blood. Doctors prescribe physiotherapy for those patients who most of the day spent in the standing position. To perform a set of exercises in the morning, as the burden of the parties and all takes no more than 10 minutes.
The set of exercises against varicose veins consists of the following exercises:
- Training of muscles, that is to say, the trunk bending in different directions, the movement of rotation of the head, hand, leg lifts, you can also perform dance moves.
- The following exercise performed on the Mat, as the Cycling, the mixing and dilution of the leg scissors, leg lifts off the floor and down, raising and lowering of the pelvis.
- Stretching helps increase the blood flow and supply of blood. It can be an exercise plie — gradual and squat with widely divorced feet. It is also useful to would be lunges forward first to the right, then to the left leg. You can do pull-UPS, lying and standing.
By doing the exercises, often, as the patient will allow the physical state of the body. It is important that the exercises do not cause discomfort and pain. More complex types of exercises for varicose veins in the legs need to carry out under the supervision of a specialist.
If the patient is observed the appearance of varicose veins running form, exercise, and gymnastics only after the approval of the phd in special underwear. These precautions will help protect the affected ships from sprain and injuries.