Varicose veins - Many people are subject to this disease, all in view of the mass of reasons risks during life with it. The pathological process is often located in the legs, which affects the superficial veins, subject to progression, is able to cause serious damage to health.
However, in addition to the blood vessels located near the surface, varicose veins that are in depth are often larger. This type of pathology is able to cause many more problems, cause more serious violations. To resist diseases, it is important to understand the mechanism of its development, causes, symptoms and also know the principles of treatment.
What is deep varicose veins
If we speak of varicose veins, in principle, this term in medicine indicates the disease of the veins, in which the functions of the transport of blood by these vases are disturbed due to their deformation of various severity. In other words, the veins stretch, expand, their walls are diluted, the work of the valves located inside, etc. All this leads to the fact that the blood moves worse upwards, heading towards the heart and its stagnation in the pots occurs.
Most people represent the varicose veins of the lower ends as the beginning of individual vessels and vascular shirts near the surface of the skin. At the same time, the swollen and deformed veins are clearly visible to the naked eye and the performance is true, if we speak purely of the aesthetic events.
As for deep varicose veins, or rather, varicose veins, we are talking about similar violations, but now they influence the venous vessels located in the thickness of the muscle tissue. This means that even in the most serious phase of the pathological process, these veins will not appear on the surface.
Such a pathological process is dangerous not only with its secrecy. The deep veins, including small and large caps, veal and others, are much larger. Consequently, more blood pass, take a more significant part in a large circle of blood circulation and their damage is more seriously influenced by human health.
This means that with varicose veins, stagnant blood processes are much more serious. At the same time, a person can experience severe pain, an increase in fatigue in the legs, etc. But also more dangerous consequences are that with an excessively increased pressure in the veins, their too thin walls may not resist, which threatens to break by the latter and internal bleeding. In the case of the deep veins of bleeding, depending on the degree of gravity and location, it proves to be much more serious and dangerous than the varicose vessels.
Causes of the disease
Understanding why varicose veins develop, allows the patient if the development of the disease is not prevented, therefore at least fighting more successful and not giving pathology to progress. In general, it is worth listing not only the causes of varicose veins, but also the factors that contribute:
- The main reason is the constant overexation of the legs due to the long -term position in the erect position. This is partly the reason why varicose veins are considered a professional disease that often develops in cooks, hairdressers and other people who, due to professional occupation, spend most of the time on the legs and even in a static position.
- Genetics - Most doctors are not unreasonably I believe that the predisposition to the development of varicose veins is transmitted by the inheritance. In this case, a predisposition to the failure of the venous valves is implicit.
- Due to the fact that the predisposing factor in the development of varicose veins is constant excessive loads on the legs, this pathological process is highly developed in people with obesity. Furthermore, the greater the overweight, the greater the probability of the development of the disease.
- A passive and sedentary lifestyle: the lack of regular loads on muscle structures also negatively affects the functioning of the vascular system. Even higher, the probability of varicose veins, if a person not only does not go to sport and moves little, but is most of the time.
- Pregnancy - In women in the development of varicose veins, it is due to a series of factors. This is an increase in the load on the legs due to the growth of the fetus, the change in blood chemistry, but the main reason is the renovation of the hormonal background, i. e. an increase in progesterone production. Likewise, varicose veins can cause prolonged intake of hormonal drugs.
- Thrombosis is a disease in which the platelet content increases in the blood, which increases the blood coagulation coefficient. This factor leads to a slowdown in blood circulation, as well as to damage to the blood vessels.
This is the list of the most likely causes and factors that cause the development of the varicose expansion of deep vases of the lower ends. However, here you can also add endocrine disorders, physical damage and so on.
Symptoms
As mentioned above, the main disadvantage of the deep veins is that its development takes place unnoticed in the initial phases, there are no visual signs of the disease before. Despite this, even the initial forms of the pathological process have some symptoms, which is important to pay attention to:
- The patient feels an increase in fatigue and the sensations of heaviness in the legs that are felt mainly in the afternoon or late afternoon. It is characteristic that after relaxation or night sleep, these signs are missing and do not worry until the following evening, provided that the loads are standing during the day;
- Another alarming feature is the swelling of the legs, even the insignificant ones. If the legs swell in the evening or in the morning without an apparent reason, for example in the absence of kidney pathologies, this may indicate varicose veins.
If these symptoms are found, it is very important to consult a doctor for diagnosis. However, the initial phases of the varicose veins can occur completely imperceptibly, in which case the clinical signs will already appear with the development of 2-3 phases of the disease, can be the following:
- In addition to fatigue and gravity, intensifying the evening, patients complain of serious legs. Pain syndrome also has the ability to intensify within the evening, but in the subsequent stages of the disease it can be constantly present.
- By strengthening the edema of the limbs, the legs can also swell on a continuous basis, while the intensity of the Edema is high, it is impossible to lose them.
- The defeat and deformation of the deep veins in the late phases of the progression of the pathology is also reflected on the surface vessels, which is why the venous networks appear on the legs, vascular "stars" appear. There is also a protrusion of veins on the legs with intense loads.
- In addition, the skin of the lower limbs acquires a bluish tint, especially in those places where the deep vessels are most affected.
- One of the signs of the progression of the varicose expansion of the deep veins are the convulsions of the calf muscles, often concern the patient, mainly during night sleep.
Diagnostics
For diagnosis and diagnosis, as well as for further treatment, it is necessary to contact a phlebologist. The doctor prescribes a series of diagnostic measures, in general, the disease detects the disease is as follows:
- Primary inspection with the patient's collection and complaints.
- Conduct ultrasound of leg ships.
- Dopplerography for the detection of blood clots.
- In addition, blood and biochemical blood tests may be required.
Treatment methods
The treatment of deep varicose veins of the lower ends also requires the participation and close observation of a phlebologist. In addition, to obtain the maximum therapeutic effect, the treatment should be complex, it consists of:
- Drug therapy.
- Popular remedies.
- Wearing compression linen.
- Surgery.
- Medical physical education.
- Adjust the lifestyle.
To understand the principles of treatment, we will consider three main methods, traditional and non -traditional medicine, as well as surgical treatment.
Medicines
Depending on the degree of progression of the disease and patient complaints, drug therapy includes the use of different groups of drugs:
- The anesthetization, including mainly used by fans and muscle relaxants.
- The base of the treatment is Venotonic, struggling with venous deficiency.
- Anticoagulants that contribute to a decrease in blood coagulation.
- Flebotonic, strengthening the walls of the blood vessels and increasing the outflow of the sap.
Popular remedies
In popular medicine, varicose veins are customary to treat mainly with special compositions and ointments based on natural components. Despite the fact that, with damage to the deep vessels, they are not so effective, however a certain therapeutic effect that has improved from mating with traditional medicine. The following funds are particularly good in this matter:
- Alcohol tincture from propolis.
- Castagna tincture on horseback.
- Tables of fresh cabbage.
- Bathrooms with essential oils.
Surgery
Despite everything above, the most effective method to combat any form of varicose veins, provided that the disease is progress, both surgery. In this regard, different types of operations can also be distinguished:
- Flebectomy - excision of the area interested in the ship.
- Sclerotherapy is a new method that implies the introduction of a special substance in a vein that glues the ship, after which the latter is gradually replaced by the connective tissue.
- Laser intravascular coagulation is the thermal effect of the affected area of the vein, in which the vascular wall is destroyed and at the same time the blood reflux is prevented.