Varicose veins on the legs in women are dilation of superficial veins, which disrupts the functioning of the valves and impairs blood flow.Blood flows from the legs through deep and superficial veins; they are connected to each other into a single whole.
The cause of varicose veins on the legs in women, where the disease came from:
All veins have valves; if the deep veins cannot cope with their load, then the load increases on the superficial ones.More blood gets into them, making it harder for them to cope with the load.
That's when we see swollen veins that are visible through the skin.
- A sedentary lifestyle, our laziness, or sedentary work.
- Passion for newfangled diets that do not have fiber.
- Heredity from parents plays a very important role.
- Tight, tight trousers, wearing high-heeled shoes.
- Our habit is to sit cross-legged, and the blood flow almost stops.
- Heavy loads in the gym.
- Taking hormonal medications, contraceptives, cold remedies.
These are common causes of varicose veins on the legs of women.
Signs of varicose veins in women, how to understand that you have this disease:
The insidiousness of this disease is that varicose veins in women at first do not manifest themselves in any way; for a very long time they are only a cosmetic defect.
When a feeling of fatigue appears, heaviness in the legs with small dilated veins - these are the first symptoms of varicose veins in the development of your disease.
- Then the tingling sensations bother me.
- Leg cramps especially at night, itching,
- Burning sensations.
- Warmth, pain, swelling.
- When swelling appears, the skin darkens and becomes smooth; cuts and abrasions on the legs do not heal for a long time.
- These are already more alarming symptoms of the disease; the body tells you that it cannot cope with the disease on its own, which means you need to go to a specialist for help.
Diagnosis of varicose veins on the legs in women:
The following diagnostics are carried out for varicose veins:
Methods for studying the venous system.
- Determination of venous pressure in mmHg: photoplethysmography is used in various positions of the patient using compression tests.
- Air plethysmography: determines not only the volume of the leg in (mm), but also the volume of expulsion of venous blood and its fraction.Residual volume during a test with contraction of the lower leg muscles.
- Ultrasound Dopplerography: establishes the patency of the main veins by auscultation and graphically.The Valsalva maneuver and compression tests can confirm or refute the diagnosis.
- Duplex scanning: it is used to check the main veins (determine the size, patency, state of the lumen and the presence of blood clots, the nature and speed of blood flow, function and insufficiency of the valves).
- Intravenous ascending venography: a contrast agent is injected into a peripheral vein.The purpose of the study is to identify pathology of the veins of the lower and upper extremities.
Signs of varicose veins in women if left untreated:
If varicose veins are left untreated, changes will appear over time on the inner surface of the lower third of your lower leg:
- Dermatitis.
- Seals.
- Pigmentation.
- Then there is a very serious complication - a trophic ulcer. You probably know what it is, how difficult it is to treat, to live with.Trophic ulcers arise due to very poor blood flow; a minor injury provokes trophic ulcers to spread throughout the lower leg.
- Blood clots very often occur in dilated veins, which can break off at any time and enter the pulmonary artery.Thromboembolism occurs, this is a threat to your life.
If inflammation of the veins begins - thrombophlebitis, you need bed rest, raise your leg, put a blanket or some kind of cushion under it.This will help relieve swelling, it compresses the arteries, veins, and avoid gangrene when the tissues die.
Make sure that the products contain vitamins C, P, A, E, as well as microelements:
- Potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, zinc, iron.A large amount of potassium is contained in honey and apple cider vinegar.
- To get these two benefits right away, drink 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar per glass of water with honey, up to 4 glasses per day.Lubricate your feet with the same composition.
How to treat varicose veins on the legs in women:
Use drugs that increase venous tone and improve blood flow, as well as topical gels.
Mikulin’s exercise is very effective for clearing blood vessels: rise on your toes so that your heels lift off the floor by 1-2 cm, then sharply lower yourself onto them.After doing 30 times, rest for 10 seconds.Perform the exercise calmly several times a day.You can hit your heels on the floor no more than 60 times at a time.
Prevention of varicose veins on the legs in women:
In order not to start the disease at the beginning of its development, the prevention of varicose veins is very important.
- Start by pouring cold water on your feet, this is a kind of training, strengthening blood vessels.
- Freeze decoctions of medicinal herbs in the freezer and wipe your tired feet with these cubes.Take sage, it has an analgesic and also calming effect.
Give your feet a massage.
To do from a sitting position:
- From bottom to top, stroke your legs from the knee to the groin.Enough 3 times.
- Stretch your thigh muscles 7 times.
- Massage the knee joint clockwise.
- From a lying position, legs bent at the knees:
Stroking the shin from bottom to top 3 times.
- Stretch your calf muscles 5 times.
- Shaking the calf muscles 4 times.
- Stretch your feet.Massage each toe, heel, and sole more vigorously.
- Light, quick stroking of the entire leg; you cannot touch protruding veins - this leads to the formation of a blood clot.
- Do the simplest exercise “bicycle”, alternately raising your legs, without bending them.
- Walk more.When illness doesn’t bother you too much, up to 8,000 steps a day.
The following tips will also be helpful:
- Avoid alcohol.
- Limit salt, foods that contain it, sweets, refined foods, flour, absolutely any canned food, smoked foods, they don’t carry anything at all, if you want to be healthy, get out of the habit of them, in a month you will be surprised why you ate them at all.
- Avoid prolonged sitting in one position to avoid muscle stiffness, and avoid standing on your feet.
- Do not sit in a cross-legged position, as this will interfere with venous outflow.
- Don't gain excess weight.
Do physical exercises for your legs every day:
- Rise on your toes more often.
- Climb the stairs on foot, forget that there is an elevator for at least 5 floors.
- Swim.
- Walk for at least an hour for 1-3 km.
- For a long time (at least 1 hour), stay in a pose with your legs raised above the level of your heart.
How to treat varicose veins on the legs in women, folk remedies:
Warm foot baths with oak bark or a decoction of calendula flowers are very useful:
Pour boiling water over 20 grams, boil for 15-20 minutes in 0.5 liters of water, then pour into a bucket, immerse your feet up to your knees for half an hour.I remind you once again that the water should be warm, not hot.
I will also give you a recipe for treating trophic ulcers.Just a magic ointment for varicose veins, try it from the bottom of my heart, I help you:
Take one tablespoon:
- Onion juice.
- Laundry liquid soap.
- Ichthyol ointment.
- Aloe juice.
- Rendered pork lard.
- Honey.
Place everything in a small saucepan, heat to a boil, do not boil, apply the cooled ointment to a cloth, bandage it so that you can walk with it throughout the day.Then wash your foot and apply ointment again for a day.
Treat until the ointment runs out.Repeat treatment 2 times a year.The swelling subsides, the veins are almost invisible, the blueness disappears, the pain goes away.Good luck with your treatment.
Small varicose veins are treated with a drug called sclerosant, which closes the vein and makes it disappear.However, there are also disadvantages here: you need to wear a tight bandage for a long time, and sometimes a bruise remains at the injection site forever.
Creams, ointments, gels
They are also called venotonics: various ointments, gels, creams for application to diseased veins, they have a beneficial effect on blood flow and the vein wall.They are used at the first signs of illness: heaviness in the legs, night cramps.Symptoms are alleviated, to improve results, add wearing therapeutic underwear.
Removing swelling:
- Take 4 tablespoons of flaxseed per 1 liter of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, leave covered for 1 hour.Drink half a glass hot every 2 hours 6-8 times a day.The result will be noticeable in 2-3 weeks.
- Drink tea from lingonberry leaves (1 teaspoon per glass of water).
- 10 grams of birch leaves.Pour hot water up to 50 degrees, leave under the lid for 6 hours.Drink half a glass 2 times a day.
- You can sew bags to fit your legs and fill them with birch leaves.Place the legs in the bag so that they are covered in leaves on all sides, then they will start to sweat, when after 4 hours they get very wet, replace them.3-4 sessions are usually enough.
How to treat varicose veins on the legs in women, compression garments:
If you have a hereditary vein disease.Pain and heaviness in the legs often bother you; consult a phlebologist or vascular surgeon for advice.
You will be prescribed to undergo Doppler ultrasound or photo plethysmography.Know that the examination is harmless and does not hurt.Identify the stage of development of your disease, and then a treatment method will be selected for you.
Both for the prevention and treatment of varicose veins, therapeutic stockings, knee socks, and tights are used.It is called compression underwear, there are 4 levels of compression (pressure).
They are measured in millimeters of mercury.In the initial form of varicose veins, grade 1 stockings or tights are prescribed with a pressure of 18-21 mmHg.Your doctor will tell you what kind of underwear you need.
We treat varicose veins on the legs in women, operations:
This operation is performed under general anesthesia.0.5 cm incisions are made on the leg, through which the diseased veins are pulled out.
After surgery, you must wear compression garments.Many people want to know whether it is possible to get rid of varicose veins forever.Varicose veins of the lower extremities are not completely cured after surgery.
After the diseased vein has been removed, the entire load that it carried will be redistributed to other veins, their load increases, so over time, nodes appear in another place.
However, if you do prevention in time, treat varicose veins on women’s legs, and eat right, you can slow down the development of this disease for a long time, it will not develop into a more severe stage.
I hope, my dears, that I have helped you in some way and that you will get sick less.Run on your feet without pain for the rest of your life.