Varicose veins are a disease that not only seriously worsens the appearance of the legs but also poses a significant danger to human health and life.
Venous disease of the lower extremities is the result of malfunctioning of the venous valves, which no longer adhere tightly to the blood vessel walls, not ensuring uninterrupted blood circulation.
In a healthy body, blood circulates in two directions - from the heart to the feet and vice versa.
If blood does not flow completely out of the lower limbs, the blood vessels in the legs will become clogged, causing large veins to become stretched, capillaries to break easily and protrude to the surface of the skin, causing swelling and pain.These are the main symptoms of varicose veins.
What will happen if you do not pay attention to the fact that not everything in the body goes smoothly?The next stage of the disease will be the appearance of venous nodules, the progression of varicose veins, their protrusion on the surface of the skin, followed by trophic ulcers and thrombophlebitis.And this is a direct threat to life.
How can you fight this disease, many patients ask?Is it possible to remove protruding blood vessels in the legs at home?We quickly reassure you: with timely treatment, the outcome will most likely be positive.
This article will discuss ways to defeat blue varicose veins.
General rules
To fight venous disease at home, in addition to pills, ointments and folk remedies, a combination of many factors is needed.
One of the most important ways to get rid of varicose veins in the legs is to review and completely change your daily lifestyle.A venous patient will need:
- It's meticulous to look at your daily diet from the outside.Do you like fried, smoked, sweet as well as strong coffee, tea and soda?All of these must be excluded from the diet, replaced with cereals, vegetables and fruits, lean meat and filtered water.By the way, you need to drink a lot, this way you can prevent excessive blood thickening.
- All types of “seafood” are very useful for varicose veins - mussels, squid, shrimp, seaweed.Due to the high iodine content, these products help strengthen and improve the condition of the vein walls.
- You will also have to give up smoking and alcohol.There are no comments here.
- You are used to a sedentary lifestyle but are varicose veins the cause of leg pain?Complete physical inactivity can only make the condition worse.Daily slow walking and some types of sports (more on them later) are great help in dealing with varicose veins at home.By strengthening the muscles of the legs with regular physical activity, you will prevent further varicose veins and blood accumulation in the calves, providing diseased vessels with a reliable muscle corset.
- Do your work activities involve constant standing or, conversely, sitting in front of a computer screen?These factors are a direct threat to the appearance of venous networks and bulging veins.The solution is to alternate standing positions with relaxing resting positions, placing a small pillow under your feet to help blood circulate.
Or vice versa - after a few hours of sitting in a chair, get up and exercise.In this way, blood circulation will return to normal and the leg muscles will begin to “work” and become firmer.
Compression vest
Another effective way to treat blood vessels in the legs, if not cure them, at least tighten them and prevent further deformation and deterioration.
As a result of balanced compression (compression), such underwear eliminates the following symptoms of varicose veins:
- Prevents further stretching of the walls of blood vessels, prevents the formation of nodules and protrusion of veins on the surface of the skin.
- Normalizes vascular and capillary blood flow, thanks to which blood circulation and oxygen exchange are improved in the tissues of the lower limbs.This prevents the risk of forming trophic ulcers and thrombosis.
- Reduces swelling and pain in the calf area.
Compression garments come in several types (degrees) of compression, from preventative to 4, recommended for the pathological form of venous insufficiency.
Your treating doctor will help you choose the right compression and will prescribe the purchase of therapeutic hosiery.
Hirudo therapy
Another way to get rid of veins in the legs at home is treatment with medicinal leeches.Doctors' reviews say: this healing worm not only removes blood clots from unhealthy deformed veins, but also helps reduce blood viscosity due to the content of a special substance in saliva - hirudin.
It's important to remember that if you bleed easily, this treatment for varicose veins is not for you.
Hydrotherapy
Water treatment of bad veins can be done both at home and in the pool.
At home, it will be useful to bathe sore limbs with a contrasting bath, gradually increasing the temperature to 15–25 degrees.With regular procedures, diseased veins become firm, blood circulation accelerates significantly, pain and swelling disappear.
Regular exercise in the swimming pool is a great way to strengthen the muscles of the thighs and legs, as well as prevent the development of varicose veins caused by the gentle pressure of water on the legs.
But it is better for patients with venous diseases to forget about baths and saunas, because overheating is the enemy of diseased blood vessels.
Medicine
Pharmaceutical products prescribed by phlebologists as part of complex therapy for varicose veins at home, according to the method of use, are divided into products for external use: gels, ointments and creams, and drugs for oral use: tablets, capsules, suppositories and sometimes suspensions.
Based on the principle of therapeutic effect, all anti-varicose drugs can be divided into several groups:
- Phlebotonic substances.These can be tablets or gels that strengthen the structure of the vessel walls, increase their tone and prevent further thinning and relaxation.Reviews from doctors say: the most effective are products containing the flavonoids diosmin and hesperidin.
- Blood thinnerscalled anticoagulants.Due to the active ingredient (usually 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 - thrombosis.
- Drugs that protect blood vessels.These are means that help normalize blood circulation in the vessels and capillaries, thanks to which the supply of oxygen and blood to the soft tissues of the calves returns to normal, and the risk of thrombosis and trophic ulcers is reduced.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs.Due to their use, the risk of inflammation of the inner layer of the vein wall and adjacent soft tissues becomes significantly lower, and existing inflammatory processes gradually disappear.
Folk remedies
A special place in the topic of how to get rid of varicose veins on the legs is treatment methods with folk remedies.
Reviews from patients indicate that many of them can be very effective if you comply with the dosage and take into account the opinion of your doctor.
There are many recipes on this topic: compresses for external application, ointments, foot baths.
There are also enough drink recipes to treat varicose veins at home.
The following tools are especially popular:
- There are many recipes based on the fruit or flower of horse chestnut, which contain escin, which is indispensable for vein health.
Take 500 ml of good vodka or food grade alcohol and pour in 50 grams of hazelnut powder.
Leave the medicine to infuse in a dark place for three weeks, then the medicine must be thoroughly filtered and applied in the form of a compress, soaked in several layers of cotton cloth or gauze and applied to the shin.
Additionally, the compress is secured with a layer of polyethylene and a warm cloth and left overnight.The course of such treatment is 2 weeks.
- Apple cider vinegar is an excellent remedy for venous diseases, as they say, reviews from patients who prefer treatment with folk remedies.You can also make compresses with it, but the time of applying them should not exceed 30–40 minutes.
- Many people get rid of varicose veins by using wormwood medicine.To do this, you need to mix the leaves and flowers of the plant and apply it overnight.Do this for a week, then take a week off.
It is important to realize:Treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies must be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, following all his recommendations.
Decisive action
If conservative methods fail to remove the diseased vein, your doctor will most likely recommend surgical methods, which may be minimally invasive or involve classical surgery.
Minimally invasive method
- Laser or radiofrequency ablation.This is a method of removing diseased veins by gluing them together (welding) with a laser or frequency radiation.
- Vascular sclerosis.Diseased veins are removed from the bloodstream by gluing them together with an injection of a special substance - sclerosant.
- Ablation of small and microscopic veins.In this way, a small part of the blood vessel is removed by making a microscopic incision in the skin, cutting it off and suturing it.
Classic phlebectomy
According to surgeons, this is a rather serious trauma operation, in which several incisions are made on the skin of the leg, the diseased vein is completely removed with a bent needle, it is cut off and the branches are sutured.
After such an intervention, the patient requires bed rest and long-term rehabilitation.
Conclude
Take yourself seriously!If you spot signs of varicose veins, don't delay seeing a doctor.The earlier treatment begins, the greater the chance of using conservative methods without resorting to surgery.
Remove diseased veins in the legs as soon as possible, don't let the disease progress!Remember, health status is largely the result of the patient's attitude towards it.