Varicose veins are a disease that not only seriously worsens the appearance of the legs, but also poses a considerable danger to human health and life.
Venous disease of the lower extremities is the result of a malfunction of the intravenous valves, which, ceasing to fit tightly to the walls of blood vessels, do not provide uninterrupted blood circulation.
In a healthy body, blood flows in two directions: from the heart to the legs and vice versa.
If blood does not flow completely from the lower extremities, congestion occurs in the vessels of the legs, causing stretching of large veins, fragility and protrusion of capillaries to the surface of the skin, swelling and pain.This is what the main symptoms of varicose veins look like.
What will happen if you do not pay attention to the fact that everything is not going well in the body?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, then trophic ulcers and thrombophlebitis.And it is a direct threat to life.
How can we fight the disease, many patients ask?Is it possible to remove protruding blood vessels from the legs at home?We hasten to reassure you: with rapid treatment, the results will most likely be positive.
This article will discuss ways to overcome blue varicose veins.
General rules
To combat venous diseases at home, in addition to tablets, ointments and folk remedies, a whole set of factors are needed.
One of the most important ways to eliminate varicose veins on the legs is to completely review and change your daily lifestyle.A venous patient will need:
- It is meticulous to examine your daily diet from the outside.Do you like fried, smoked, sweet but also strong coffee, tea and sodas?All this should be excluded from the diet, replacing it with cereals, vegetables and fruits, lean meat and plain water.By the way, you need to drink a lot to avoid excessive blood thickness.
- All kinds of “seafood” are very useful for varicose veins: mussels, squid, shrimp, seaweed.Thanks to their high iodine content, these products help to strengthen and improve the condition of the vein walls.
- You will also have to give up cigarettes containing alcohol.No comments here.
- Are you used to leading a sedentary lifestyle, but varicose veins are the cause of leg pain?Total physical inactivity can only make the situation worse.Slow daily walks and certain types of sports (more on this later) are excellent aids in treating varicose veins at home.By strengthening the leg muscles with regular physical activity, you will avoid additional stretching of the veins and accumulation of blood in the calves, thereby providing diseased vessels with a reliable muscular corset.
- Do your professional activities involve constant standing or, conversely, sitting in front of a computer screen?These factors pose a direct threat to the appearance of venous networks and bulging veins.The solution is to alternate standing with relaxing rest, with a small pillow under the feet to drain the blood.
Or vice versa: after spending several hours sitting, get up and exercise.In this way, blood circulation will return to normal and the calf muscles will begin to “work” and strengthen.
Compression jersey
Another effective way to treat blood vessels in the legs, if not to cure them, then at least to tone them up and prevent further deformation and deterioration of the condition.
Thanks to balanced compression (compression), this underwear helps eliminate the symptoms of varicose veins as follows:
- Prevents further stretching of the walls of blood vessels, thereby preventing the formation of nodules and the protrusion of veins on the surface of the skin.
- Normalizes vascular and capillary blood flow, thereby improving blood circulation and oxygen exchange in the tissues of the lower extremities.This avoids the risk of formation of trophic ulcers and thrombosis.
- Reduces swelling and pain in the calf.
Compression clothing is available in several classes (degrees) of compression, from preventive to 4, recommended for the pathological form of venous insufficiency.
Your attending physician will help you choose the right compression class and write a prescription for the purchase of medicinal knitwear.
Hirudotherapy
Another way to remove leg veins at home is therapy with a pharmaceutical leech.Doctors' reviews say: this healing worm will not only remove a blood clot from an unhealthy deformed vein, but also help reduce blood viscosity due to the content of a special substance in saliva - hirudin.
It is important to remember that if you are prone to bleeding, this method of treating overly dilated veins is not for you.
Hydrotherapy
Treatments for unhealthy veins using water can be carried out both at home and in the swimming pool.
At home, it is very useful to give sore limbs a contrast shower, gradually increasing the temperature range to 15-25 degrees.With regular procedures, diseased veins gain tone, blood circulation significantly accelerates, pain and swelling disappear.
Regular exercise in the pool is a great way to strengthen the muscles of the thighs and legs, as well as stop the process of varicose veins due to the gentle pressure of water on the legs.
But patients with veins are better off forgetting about baths and saunas, because excessive overheating is the enemy of diseased blood vessels.
Drugs
Pharmaceutical products prescribed by phlebologists as part of the complex therapy of varicose veins at home, depending on the method of use, 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 effects, all anti-varicose vein drugs can be divided into several groups:
- Phlebotonic agents.These can be tablets or gels that help strengthen the structure of vascular walls, increase their tone and stop their thinning and stretching.Doctors' reviews say: the most effective are products containing the flavonoids diosmin and hesperidin.
- Anticoagulant medicationscalled anticoagulants.Due to the active substance contained 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 thickening of blood and the formation of clots - thrombus.
- Angioprotective drugs.These are means that normalize blood circulation in vessels and capillaries, which allows you to restore the supply of oxygen and blood to the soft tissues of the calves and reduce the risk of thrombosis and trophic ulcers.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs.Thanks to their use, the risk of inflammation of the inner layer of the vein wall and adjacent soft tissues becomes significantly reduced, and the existing inflammatory processes gradually disappear.
Folk remedies
A special place in the topic of eliminating varicose veins on the legs is occupied by methods of treatment with folk remedies.
Patient reviews indicate that many of them can be very effective if you follow the dosage and take into account the doctor's advice.
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 horse chestnut, which contain the substance escin, essential for venous health.
Take 500 ml of good vodka or edible alcohol and pour 50 grams of chestnut powder into it.
Leave to infuse in a dark place for three weeks, after which the medicine must be carefully filtered and applied in the form of compresses, soaked in several layers of cotton wool or gauze and applied to the shin.
Additionally, 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, as reviews of patients who prefer treatment with folk remedies say.You can also make compresses with it, but the duration of their application should not exceed 30-40 minutes.
- Many people remove venous nodules using wormwood potions.To do this, you need to mix the leaves and flowers of the plant and apply it as a compress overnight.Do this for a week, then take a week off.
It is important to realize:treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, subject to all his recommendations.
Decisive action
If conservative methods fail to remove diseased veins, the doctor will most likely recommend surgical methods, which may be minimally invasive or involve conventional surgery.
Minimally invasive methods
- Laser or radiofrequency ablation.This is a method in which diseased veins are removed by sticking (welding) them using laser or radiation frequencies.
- Sclerosis of blood vessels.Diseased veins are removed from the bloodstream by sticking them together with injections of a special substance - sclerosing.
- Mini and microphlebectomy.In this way, a small part of the vessel is removed by making a micro-incision in the skin, resection and suturing.
Classic phlebectomy
According to surgeons, this is a rather severe traumatic operation, during which several incisions are made on the skin of the leg, the diseased vein is completely removed using a curved needle, it is removed and the tributaries are sutured.
After such an intervention, the patient needs bed rest and long-term rehabilitation.
Conclusion
Take yourself seriously!If you notice signs of varicose veins, do not delay in seeing a doctor.The earlier treatment begins, the greater the chances of using conservative methods without resorting to surgery.
Remove diseased veins from the legs as early as possible, do not trigger the progression of the disease!Remember that the state of health largely depends on the patient's attitude towards it.