The human circulatory system is formed by arteries, veins and capillaries. Through the veins of a large circle of blood circulation, venous blood from the lower extremities goes to the heart. The movement of fluid from bottom to top in the legs provides a system of valves on the inner wall of the veins. The main load falls on the veins of the leg.
Why are veins visible on my legs?
Valves on the walls of the venous vessels during the movement of blood upward are periodically closed, passing a portion of blood and open, preventing its movement downward. The whole process is quite complex, including muscle contractions and other mechanisms of blood movement through the veins. Changes in this process can be caused by hereditary diseases, loss of elasticity by the walls of the veins, and disturbances in valve activity.
The disease manifests itself gradually: swelling, heaviness and pain in the legs. More often full people complain about these phenomena. Women are worried that leg veins are visible more often than men. An additional factor that leads to vein deformation is pregnancy. Among the causes of diseased veins in the legs are specialists
They call a person’s long stay in an upright position, the need to be seated for a long time, constipation, hard physical work, uncomfortable shoes, too high heels, tobacco abuse and alcoholism. Under the influence of a complex of causes, the operation of the valves of the veins is disrupted, the outflow of blood up is difficult. A person feels, especially at night, convulsive contractions of the calf muscles. Legs become very tired and swollen by the evening. Deformed veins on the legs are visible, and they need treatment.
Are therapeutic methods for treating leg veins effective?
How to treat leg veins? A person thinks about this when pain and swelling appear.
For consultation, a phlebologist in the initial period of the disease is rarely consulted. Usually, understanding the importance of lifestyle changes, the patient begins to move more actively, to do therapeutic exercises. Many resort to alternative methods of treatment; they also use ointments containing medicinal substances. The most famous drugs are Troxevasin, Lyoton, Venoruton. Helps the use of elastic bandages and other methods. They are effective if the veins on the legs are visible, but the venous vessels are not clogged.
Can treatment of varicose veins of the legs be dispensed with without a scalpel?
In advanced cases of varicose veins, not only the veins on the legs are visible, but also burning, itching, the skin of the legs becomes dense and dry, superficial and deep veins disturb. Enlarged and swollen veins hurt, dark spots appear on the skin. Turning to the doctor, the patient learns about the deformation of the veins and the need for surgical intervention. Not everyone agrees to the operation. It turns out that you can remove the venous pattern on the legs safely, quickly enough, reliably and painlessly. The modern method of curing varicose veins is called sclerotherapy. It consists in the isolation of diseased vessels. A sclerosant is introduced through a thin needle into a diseased vein. The blood flow in the damaged vein stops, the blood finds a new path along which it continues to move up, and the glued vessel atrophies. Treatment with foam sclerosant is called Foam-form sclerotherapy. It is necessary to conduct several sessions, within a year and a half without cosmetic defects, the damaged vein disappears. All this time, the patient lives his usual life.
In laser sclerosis, a damaged vein is treated with a laser. The boiled blood plasma itself clogs the vessel, it is excluded from the bloodstream. For the treatment of large veins, radiofrequency obliteration is best. In recent years, surgical methods have been combined with laser or drug sclerotherapy. Stripping, in which the affected area of the vein is removed, has spread.
If even minor circulatory disorders in the legs appear, seek help from a specialist. He will choose the most promising treatment method in your case from the rich arsenal that modern medicine has.