Varicose veins are an “epidemic” in the modern world. Increasingly, this disease is diagnosed not only in elderly patients, but also in the younger generation. If earlier, patients with varicose veins were offered the removal of a vein throughout, today new methods of treating varicose veins have appeared.
Compression sclerosis of veins is used as a treatment method in patients with vein pathology. The essence of this method is the introduction into the pathological vessel of a special contrast agent that promotes the bonding of the vein. The process begins in a small operating room, where patients undergo preoperative preparation. Further, a sclerosant substance is introduced into the vein, which spreads throughout the vein and promotes the adhesion of its walls, the vessel ceases to function. To achieve the desired effect of insufficient administration of a substance, most often 5-6 procedures are necessary. Each procedure is carried out at intervals of 2-3 weeks until complete sclerosis.
An important stage of sclerotherapy is compression therapy after the introduction of sclerosant. It is best to use compression stockings or tights with an adequate degree of pressure.
The advantage of this method is that sclerosis of the veins occurs with minimal trauma to the patient. After this procedure, there are no scars and scars, however, the method is quite expensive for the average person.
Vascular sclerosis can be carried out using modern technology in combination with laser treatment. There is evidence that this method is more effective, the effect is much faster and less likely to re-aggravate the disease.
Each patient with varicose veins must understand that this disease is simply impossible to cure, but if the weakness of the vascular wall manifests itself once, then it is most likely to worsen again only on another vessel. Therefore, the main task of phlebologists is to prevent a possible relapse and disease progression.
One of the latest treatments for varicose veins is Foam-Form foam sclerotherapy.
The essence of this technique is sclerosis of the veins with a foam substance, which allows you to glue the walls of even large affected veins or too large areas.
Sclerotherapy is used in medicine not only for varicose veins, but also for the treatment of trophic ulcers on the skin. This method of therapy has also been used in cosmetology to remove small spider veins from the body.
Vein sclerosis is a universal treatment for varicose veins, justified only if the doctor is confident in its effectiveness.
For this procedure, the desire of the doctor and patient, as well as the absence of contraindications for the patient, is necessary. An obstacle to sclerotherapy of veins in a patient may be:
- hot weather,
- obesity 3-4 degrees,
- immobility or restriction of movement of the patient,
- inaccessibility of the affected veins,
- acute skin diseases,
- an allergic reaction to a sclerosing agent in history.
If there are no such contraindications, then the patient may be subjected to vein sclerotherapy. Reviews after such treatment are only positive. In most cases, patients are satisfied and the disease no longer progresses. However, cases have been described where sclerosis has not yielded any results. This can be explained only by an insufficient number of procedures or their incorrect conduct. Of course, it is possible that the disease in these patients has progressed too much or the lesions were extensive, but in any case at least some effect from sclerosis should be.
Therefore, it is best before making the procedure to verify the qualifications of the doctor and the quality of the procedure in this clinic.