Varicose veins are a disease that not only greatly affects the appearance of the legs, but also poses a significant threat to human health and life.
Venous disease of the lower extremities is the result of a malfunction of the intravenous valves, which no longer fit tightly to the walls of the blood vessels and 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 blood does not drain completely from the lower extremities, congestion occurs in the vessels of the legs, causing stretching of large veins, fragility and protrusion of capillaries on the surface of the skin, swelling and pain.This is what the main symptoms of varicose veins look like.
What happens if you don't pay attention to the fact that everything in your body isn't running smoothly?The next stage of the disease will be the appearance of venous nodules, the progression of stretching of the veins, their protrusion to the surface of the skin, and then trophic ulcers and thrombophlebitis.And this is a direct threat to life.
How can you fight the disease, many patients ask?Is it possible to remove protruding blood vessels on the legs at home?We hasten to reassure you: with timely treatment, the results will most likely be positive.
This article discusses ways to combat blue varicose veins.
General rules
To combat venous diseases at home, a whole range of factors are required, in addition to tablets, ointments and folk remedies.
One of the main ways to remove varicose veins on the legs is to completely review and change your daily lifestyle.A vein patient needs:
- It is a careful look at the daily diet from the outside.Do you like fried, smoked, sweet as well as strong coffee, tea and lemonade?All this must be excluded from the diet and replaced with grains, vegetables and fruits, lean meat and still water.By the way, you need to drink a lot to prevent excessive blood thickness.
- All kinds of “seafood” are very useful for varicose veins – mussels, squid, shrimp, seaweed.Due to their high iodine content, these products help strengthen and improve the condition of the vein walls.
- You also need to avoid cigarettes with alcohol.No comments here.
- Are you used to leading a sedentary lifestyle, but varicose veins are the cause of pain in your legs?Complete physical inactivity can only worsen the condition.Slow daily walks and some sports (more on that later) are excellent helpers in treating varicose veins at home.By strengthening the leg muscles through regular physical activity, you prevent further stretching of the veins and accumulation of blood in the calves and provide diseased vessels with a reliable muscle corset.
- Does your work activity consist of constantly standing on your feet or, conversely, sitting in front of a computer screen?These factors pose a direct threat to the appearance of venous plexuses and bulging veins. The solution is to alternate the standing position with a relaxing rest period, placing a small pillow under the feet to drain the blood.
Or vice versa - after spending several hours in a chair, get up and exercise.In this way, blood circulation normalizes and the calf muscles begin to “work” and strengthen.
Compression jersey
Another effective method of treating blood vessels in the legs: if not to cure them, then at least to tighten them and prevent further deformation and deterioration of the condition.
Due to the balanced compression (compression), such underwear helps to eliminate the symptoms of varicose veins as follows:
- Prevents further stretching of blood vessel walls, thereby preventing the formation of nodules and protrusion of veins on the surface of the skin.
- Normalizes vascular and capillary blood flow, improving blood circulation and oxygen exchange in the tissues of the lower extremities.This prevents the risk of trophic ulcer formation and thrombosis.
- Reduces swelling and pain in the calf area.
Compression clothing comes in several compression classes (grades), from preventive to 4, recommended for the pathological form of venous insufficiency.
Your attending physician will help you choose the right compression class and give you a prescription to purchase medical knitwear.
Hirudotherapy
Another option for removing veins on the legs at home is therapy with a pharmaceutical leech.Reviews of doctors say: This medicinal worm not only removes a blood clot from an unhealthy deformed vein, but also helps to reduce blood viscosity, since saliva contains a special substance - hirudin.
Keep in mind that if you are prone to bleeding, this method of treating excessively enlarged veins is not for you.
Hydrotherapy
Treating unhealthy veins with water can be done both at home and in the swimming pool.
At home, it is very useful to treat sore limbs with a contrast shower, gradually increasing the temperature range to 15-25 degrees.With regular procedures, diseased veins gain tone, blood circulation accelerates significantly, pain and swelling disappear.
Regular exercise in the pool is a great way to strengthen the muscles of the thighs and legs and to stop the development of varicose veins through the gentle pressure of the water on the legs.
However, vein patients should avoid baths and saunas, as excessive overheating is the enemy of diseased blood vessels.
Medication
Pharmacy products prescribed by phlebologists as part of complex therapy for varicose veins at home, depending on the method of application, are divided 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 action, all anti-varicose drugs can be divided into several groups:
- Phlebotonics.These can be either tablets or gels that help strengthen the structure of the vascular walls, increase their tone and prevent further thinning and stretching.Reviews of doctors say: the most effective are products containing the flavonoids diosmin and hesperidin.
- Blood thinning medicationsso-called anticoagulants.Due to the active ingredient in the composition (most often heparin), these drugs have a positive effect on the speed of venous and capillary blood flow, and also prevent excessive blood thickening and the formation of blood clots - thrombi.
- Angioprotective drugs.These are agents 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 returns to normal and reduces the risk of thrombosis and trophic ulcers.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs.As a result of their use, the risk of inflammation of the inner layer of the vein wall and the adjacent soft tissues is significantly reduced and existing inflammatory processes gradually disappear.
Folk remedies
A special place in the topic of removing varicose veins on the legs is occupied by methods of treatment using folk remedies.
Reviews of patients show that many of them can be very effective if you adhere to the dosage and take into account the doctor's opinion.
There are many recipes on this topic: compresses 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 based on the fruits or inflorescences of the horse chestnut, which contain the substance aescin, which is essential for vein health.
Take 500 ml of good food grade vodka or alcohol and pour 50 grams of chestnut powder into it.
Let it brew in a dark place for three weeks, after which the drug must be thoroughly strained and applied in the form of compresses, soaked in several layers of cotton cloth or gauze and applied to the shin.
In addition, the compress is fixed with a layer of polyethylene 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, according to reviews of patients who prefer treatment with folk remedies.You can also use it to make compresses, but the application time should not exceed 30-40 minutes.
- Many people remove venous nodes with wormwood potions.To do this, you need to mix the leaves and flowers of the plant and apply as a compress overnight.Do this for a week and then take a week off.
It is important to recognize:Treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies must be carried out under the supervision of a doctor and subject to all his recommendations.
Decisive action
If the diseased veins cannot be removed using conservative methods, the doctor will most likely recommend surgical methods, which can be either minimally invasive or involve classic surgery.
Minimally invasive methods
- Laser or radiofrequency ablation.This is a method in which diseased veins are removed by gluing (soldering) using laser or radiation frequencies.
- Sclerosis of blood vessels.Diseased veins are removed from the bloodstream by sticking them together through injections of a special substance - sclerosing agents.
- Mini and microphlebectomy.In this way, a small section of the vessel is removed through a microincision in the skin, a resection and a suture.
Classic phlebectomy
According to surgeons, this is a fairly serious traumatic operation, which involves making several incisions in the skin of the leg, completely removing the diseased vein with a curved needle, removing it and sewing up the tributaries.
After such a procedure, the patient needs bed rest and long-term rehabilitation.
Conclusion
Take yourself seriously!If you notice signs of varicose veins, do not hesitate to see a doctor.The earlier treatment is started, the greater the chance of using conservative methods without having to resort to surgery.
Remove diseased veins on the legs as early as possible to avoid causing the disease to progress!Remember that the state of health largely depends on the patient's attitude towards it.