Among the cardiovascular diseases, the most common is considered to be varicose veins, which affects mainly the lower extremities of man. Today the statistics says that every third inhabitant of the planet is a patient phlebologists due to problems with the blood vessels of the legs. Among these, one-third of patients have for women, therefore, questions about how to treat varicose veins on the legs in women, is most relevant.
So as at risk are more often women, modern medicine and non-conventional techniques that develop a range of ways for the prevention and treatment of varicose veins. A can affect clearly — the treatment of varicose veins should be a radiation specialist, a vascular surgeon. In addition, this treatment of women should be based on two principles — systematic and complexity.
Symptoms of varicose veins in the legs in women
To detect varicose veins in women, it is important to know the peculiarities of the disease, as well as what are the signs and symptoms can mark for development. Varicose veins is a pathological process, to be precise the increase in the vascular lumen, thereby reducing the elasticity and tone of the vascular wall. This leads to a charlatan stretching the walls of blood vessels, regression of the blood, dysfunction of the venous valves and blood stagnation.
The disease is characterized by a long course and slow growth mechanism, in connection with this discover varicose veins in the legs is very difficult in the early stages. Violation of the circulation of the blood may persist for years, before the woman feels the first symptoms of varicose veins. The symptoms at an early stage is a feeling of heaviness, edema (swelling) in the legs and fatigue.
These symptoms often observe the women who are in power from the professional activity for a long period of time they spend in the same position of the body. In the future may appear, and other symptoms of varicose veins:
- swelling of the walls of the blood vessels on the surface of the skin?
- event vascular mesh on the legs?
- the appearance of spider veins on?
- itching at the area events of the veins?
- cramps in the calf muscles involuntary in nature, particularly in the evenings.
To contact the responsible important in the detection of at least one of these symptoms. Providing advice on matters of the practitioner, vascular surgeon etc. If you tighten the trip to the doctor for the symptoms of varicose veins will be added of blood clots, swelling of nodes of the large thrombosis, thrombophlebitis (inflammation of veins), as well as the appearance of trophic ulcers on the skin of the feet.
Causes of
While the expert does not recognize the exact causes of development of vascular pathology, treatment of varicose veins in the legs in women will be nearly impossible. Any disease, requires the study of the etiology and conditions, after the treatment which can suppress the pathological process. Before your doctor gets the work search those the reasons that led to the violation outflow of blood.
Lead to varicose veins can excessive flow of blood in the lower extremities, difficulty in draining blood from the capillaries to the top, which leads to further distortion of the blood vessels, instability, and fragile vascular wall, and in the future — damage to the wall. First begin to expand in vienna, after which the skin of the feet is manifested vascular wall, swelling, and locations.
Due to damage of the vascular wall stagnation lymph, causing swelling, feeling of weight and pain. At his feet begins to deteriorate the skin, what are itchy and peeling.
Most often in the group of risk of varicose veins fall within the following categories of women:
- age over 30 years old?
- pregnancy?
- obesity or excess weight?
- cardiovascular pathology?
- predisposition and heredity in varicose veins.
Additionally, here the doctors attribute it to these women, who have long been in the same position of the body while sitting or standing. We need to understand that if left untreated varicose veins lead to the hardest consequences — necrosis, thrombosis, ulcers, and eczema.
Medications (gels and ointments) for external use
Varicose veins is a medical treatment mainly for 1 and 2 stage of development, if you identify 3 stage, the chances for the suppression of pathology is small. The treatment should be integrated, as a drug therapy, doctors usually prescribe while taking the drug internal use and external application.
Often local treatment of varicose veins involves the application of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ointments and gels that return blood vessels elasticity, strength, and normal forms, as well as improve blood circulation. In addition, the doctor may prescribe ointments, what a relief syndrome pain. Also eliminate the acute symptoms of varicose veins can ointment and cream based on heparin and indomethacin.
Tablets of of varicose veins
As previously mentioned, if varicose veins in women arrived the 2 or 3 stage of development, the attending doctor is necessary assigns oral forms of issue-specific drugs that are used in combination with the external application. The tablets may be the painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs
The most sought-after tablets of of varicose veins are special drugs that improve blood circulation and blood flow, as well as to reduce the degree of permeability of walls of blood vessels. With the order of the means prevent the appearance of stagnant processes of the blood, by improving the outflow.
Surgery
Surgical cure of varicose veins in the legs in women only, if the pharmaceutical treatment has proved ineffective, and the doctor gives you an appointment in the cardinal traditional methods of treatment. Often the function in patients suffering from phlebitis in the legs 3 and 4 stages. If, in addition to this, the doctors monitor chronic venous insufficiency, is required preparatory to conservative therapy.
There are various ways for surgical treatment of varicose veins in women:
- Phlebotomy — direct elimination of those veins, what effect pathology was advanced and modified.
- Sclerotherapy — by using the injection specialist introduces the drug to the affected area of the vessel, with the result that it is glued together. Further movement of the blood only comes in healthy vessels and pasted vienna gradually resolved.
- Laser photocoagulation — on the affected area begins to affect laser radiation of high frequency profile.
- Radiowave therapy — the less traumatic and painless method of treatment that does not involve the hospital and rehabilitation.
In the future a favorable outcome of any of the methods of treatment will depend on compliance with patient all the recommendations and the guidance of a doctor. To promote the recovery you have right way of life, dietary food, wearing underwear compression, as well as a similar distribution of work and rest.
Folk remedies and techniques
In addition to the main treatment, which shall appoint a medical specialist to treat varicose veins on legs in women can be optionally in the home with the help of popular recipes. This home remedy will help you deal with the symptoms of varicose veins, as well as to speed up the process of recovery.
- Night compresses an excellent job with the swelling, itching, and pain syndrome of varicose veins. To perform a compress for the night during the 4-6 weeks, to do this, use the following ingredients:
- cabbage leaves, washed and blanched boiling water?
- grated potatoes?
- the juice of aloe and kalanchoe in?
- grated economic soap, mixed with a small amount of hot water?
- a solution of apple cider vinegar with water.
For a compress take a piece of gauze, folded in several layers, soaked with prepared raw material and apply it to the right place. Bandage secure the cover, which is removed in the morning.
- Soda that is used for compresses, lotions and rubbing. In 100 ml of water dissolve teaspoon of baking soda, taken into the instrument, wipe the affected area, rinse the parts of water is not required. If you need to make a compress or lotion, this solution soaked cotton swabs, apply by using the bandages in the legs. The duration of treatment is at least 1 month.
- Ginseng tincture as a tonic. To prepare the tincture, take 600 ml of vodka and 150 grams of dry root of the plant. Shake the ingredients in a tincture send in 2 weeks in a dark cool place, shaking constantly the capability of the content. Filtered tincture 1-2 teaspoons taken on an empty stomach every day up to 4 times.
If we are talking about a wide varicose veins, folk medicine advises to take baking soda foot bath. To do this in 2 liters of hot water, dissolved 4 tablespoons of baking soda, the resulting solution is added to the bath water. The duration of a process not exceeding 20 minutes, repeat this manipulation can be 10 times than 2 times every 7-10 days.
Exercise and gymnastics
If you boost the motor activity, may improve the condition and function of the cardiovascular system and blood circulation. Doctors prescribe therapeutic exercise in patients, that the greater part of the day is conducted in the upright position. Perform complex exercises in the morning as it is charging and at night, all the leaves no more than 10 minutes.
Of exercise against varicose veins consists of the following exercises:
- Workout for the muscles, that is, the tilt of the torso in different directions, rotary movements of the head, hand, leg lifts, you can also perform dance moves.
- The next exercise you perform on the mat, for example, cycling, leveling and withdrawal of the feet in the form of "shearing", lift feet off the floor and a cathode, the anode and cathode of the pelvis.
- Stretching helps to accelerate the blood circulation and blood circulation. This can be an exercise in plie — gradual squatting with divorce widely from your feet. Also useful will lunges forward, first the right and then the left foot. You can perform pull-ups, lying and standing.
To perform the exercises can often how the patient will allow the physical state of the body. It is important in this case, the exercises do not cause discomfort and pain. More sophisticated types of exercise on varicose veins in the legs must be performed under the supervision of a specialist.
If the patient is observed varicose veins running form, physical activity and exercise can only after doctor's approval in a special underwear. These precautions will help protect the affected vessels by stretching and injuries.