Varicose veins in the legs are a pathological condition that almost every person can encounter - although the fair sex suffers from this disease much more often, men often experience serious, life-threatening complications (thrombosis and thromboembolism).
Today, topical medications and oral medications can be used to treat varicose veins. Creating an effective remedy for varicose veins is the dream of every specialist faced with this problem, or a pharmaceutical company engaged in research into drugs that affect the condition of the vascular wall and blood properties - such a remedy will always beasked his patients suffering from this disease.
Many people carelessly consider varicose veins in the legs only as a cosmetic problem that prevents them from wearing certain types of clothing or restricting a person's functionality, but doctors who deal with this problem say that complications for the patient are terribleare.
Manifestations of varicose veins - what to look out for
Any vascular surgeon or phlebologist who consults patients with symptoms of this disease can say that in the vast majority of cases, patients come to the consultation not at the moment when the varicose veins in the legs first appear, but already at the pronounced stage changes or complications. At this stage, swollen leg veins are noticeable, but the first symptoms indicating the progression of vascular diseases in the venous bed of the lower extremities are evening fatigue in the legs.
Unpleasant sensations may appear after a long stay in an upright position, in the same situation, spasmodic twitching may appear at night, swelling of the subcutaneous tissue of the lower half of the body (most often on the feet and legs). Very often, the fair sex complains that the veins on the legs become very visible only during pregnancy or after the onset of menopause (in this case, the appearance of symptoms is often accompanied by other signs of hormonal imbalance).
It is important to remember that bumps on the veins of the legs indicate that the disease has already passed from the stage of initial changes to the stage of trophic disorders, and this already requires the use of the entire arsenal of drugs to treatvaricose veins . If a patient has varicose veins, then the symptoms of the disease should not be ignored, because with the development of varicose veins, not only the conditions of blood circulation in the veins are violated, but also the rheological properties of the blood (its ability to coagulate sharply increases, and blood clots appear in the vessels). Because of this, when a blood clot breaks open, there is a thromboembolism of various organs, including cerebral vessels or pulmonary arteries, which pose a deadly threat to the patient's life - the development of such a condition requires urgent and intensive treatment.
Can you cure varicose veins?
If a patient is diagnosed with varicose veins in the legs, then the condition of the tissues on the lower extremities and the circulatory system of the body as a whole, as well as the ability to prevent complications from this pathological condition, depends on early diagnosis and timely and comprehensive treatment. In case the doctor finds varicose veins in the legs, the treatment is selected only after:
- study of the medical history and complaints of the patient;
- clinical and biochemical blood tests, which necessarily include conducting a coagulogram and tests to detect threatened violations of hemostasis and a high probability of thrombosis;
- Ultrasound examination of the vessels of the lower extremities with mandatory determination of blood flow velocity (dopplerography);
- Angiographic examination of vessels with suspected damage to the deep veins of the legs.
The main components of the treatment of varicose veins are the use of:
- thoughtful nutrition;
- the use of traditional medicine;
- Appointment of local and systemic drug therapy;
- Application of modern surgical treatment methods.
The diet for varicose veins should be as balanced as possible and correct excess weight if possible. The patient's diet should contain a sufficient amount of proteins of animal origin, which are fed with the meat of young animals or various seafood - only with such food can a sufficient amount of elastin (the protein necessary to restore the vascular wall of the veins)get into the intestine body. It is important to eat enough vegetables and fruits, which become a source of vitamins and prevent constipation.
Treatment of varicose veins with leeches simultaneously has several goals, the main one of which is to introduce an effective natural anticoagulant into the body and affect the biologically active points of the body responsible for regulating the tone of the veins. Such treatment should be carried out by a qualified specialist who has experience in the use of hirudotherapy.
If a patient has initial varicose veins, folk recipes proven by centuries of experience will help slow down the progression of changes. The use of horse chestnut extracts in the form of decoctions and infusions for oral administration and as preparations for topical application is popular. To treat varicose veins, horsetail, clubmoss, dandelion, verbena, peony, raspberry, sweet clover, rue are used - a huge number of recipes for their use have been created.
Pills against varicose veins are, in the vast majority of cases, purified substances obtained from traditional medicine. Of course, such treatment has the expected effect much faster than decoctions and infusions, but the cost of such treatment is several times higher. In addition, if necessary, drugs that affect vascular tone and blood coagulation can be used, but such therapy must be agreed with the doctor.
laser treatment
Laser treatment of varicose veins is becoming an effective and modern method of non-traumatic surgical intervention - treatment of affected vessels with a laser ("soldering") causes blood flow to stop and vessels to become obliterated. This reduces the severity of the cosmetic defect that is so noticeable in varicose veins, but does not affect the cause of the disease and the mechanism of its development. That is why such treatment can be used as part of complex therapy of varicose veins of the body and their special case - varicose veins of the lower extremities.