Varicose veins of the legs people have long known: this was the diagnosis offered to patients is still "fathers" of modern medicine: Hippocrates, Galen and Paracelsus. But the most widespread disease received in the twentieth century, and in the twenty-first, it sets new positions: according to the world health organization, in our time, signs of the development of pathology in varying degrees Standard, there are 66% of men and more than 80% of women in developed countries to conquer. The dominance of the female component on the male is due to the fact that nature has help on the weak sex commitment, care and birth of children, as well as the passion of the beautiful half of humanity to elegant shoes with high heels. Modern methods of treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities allow to relieve the state, without complex surgical Intervention.
Why treat varicose veins
Varicose veins – a disease of the people "standing" professions: sellers, hairdressers, workers for the machine, surgeons and all whose professional duties require prolonged static load on the lower limbs. Just in relation to the static load of the weakened vein valves that regulate the inflow and the outflow of blood in this area of the body. As a result, the blood stagnates in the veins and thickened, stretching and deforming the walls of blood vessels – the conditions for the emergence of varicose veins.
The process develops slowly, and first of all, a sick man believes that he had no varicose veins on the legs, if he is not respected, with strong edema and of skin protruding mountains heavy weight. But this pattern is characteristic only for an advanced stage when the only means to restore the normal view of the lower extremities with a surgical scalpel. But the greatest danger of varicose veins is that the legs start to ache, swell, and lose their attractiveness, with gnarled vessels, protruding above the surface of the skin.
Causes Stagnation of blood flow, varicose veins provokes the formation of blood clots in the vessels of the legs – dense blood clot consisting of red blood cells (white blood cells). In the course of the blood spread clots throughout the body, falling into the lungs, the heart, brain, overlapping vessels that supply your blood, and the resulting embolic vascular occlusion of the lumen, as a result, can pathologies to most difficult:
- Myocardial infarction death of tissue of heart muscle due to insufficient blood supply;
- Stroke – acute violation of cerebral circulation, caused the death of brain cells;
- Gangrene – Necrosis.
Attention!
Each of the complaints described above, has its sequence at least one severe disability, and as at most – death Therefore, the varicose veins will not start in any case.
A doctor of the Patient at the first signs of the disease, should be:
- Rapid fatigue of the feet;
- Drawing pains in the legs, especially at the end of the day, either after the physical stress;
- Tingling leg as if it was "stayed";
- Small vascular veins and the "stars" on the surface of the skin of the feet;
- Twitching leg muscles (often at night);
- Edema of the feet.
In the case of timely implementation of measures, the modern methods of treatment of varicose veins in the legs can not prevent the progression of the disease and reverse the process. Now you can do this, without resorting to highly traumatic surgical procedures that previously the only way of solving the problem. There are a lot of Doctors procedure for the treatment of varicose veins, which are capable of the patient, the possibility of a return to a normal life.
Method for the treatment of varicose veins
Often patients suffering from an advanced Form of blood vessels, varicose veins of the legs, especially women, the fear of the Operation, and then remaining scars, put on his doctor's visit until the last, that the Situation on the top. However, the medicine is, like all other branches of knowledge, is constantly evolving, and to not be afraid of the daughters and granddaughters, that the varicose veins are treated the same as mothers and grandmothers. Experts have devised a variety of effective therapy surgical or minimally – invasive forms-- - i.e., no deep may require surgical Intervention. Among them, the most popular methods like have acquired:
- Sclerotherapy;
- Laser Treatment;
- Radio-frequency Ablation venous vessels;
- Micro phlebectomy.
On each of these methods of treatment of varicose veins using the most modern methods should tell you more.
Sclerotherapy
For the procedure in a stage of varicose veins, surprised when the superficial veins, but not deeply affected, medicine called a sclerosant is within the affected varicose veins. This is done by means of a syringe or micro-catheters – thin tubes, the diameter of which is smaller than the cross section of a human hair, the doctor pierces the skin, where visible varicose veins affected vessel. The implementation of the Manipulation causes no discomfort, only sometimes accompanied by a feeling of slight burning. Sclerosant sticks to the walls of the vein from the inside, bringing it out of the bloodstream, as a result, he will shrink, be reduced, and cease to disturb the patient, disappear from the surface of the skin. So the method would be not only therapeutic, but also cosmetic effect.
The procedure takes about half an hour, during which the doctor makes several injections into the vein through small punctures on the skin. Treatment in the rule in accordance with the method of sclerotherapy more than three of such methods is not, but sometimes, the doctor decides on the patient's condition, to increase their number. From one visit to the doctor at least a week must.
Prior to the visit to the doctor, the Patient needs to take a shower and within 2 days in front of him and 2 days to observe some restrictions for the guaranteed success of the treatment using this method:
- Do not smoke and do not consume alcohol;
- Give up the intake of blood thin medications;
- Not to do hair removal and not on the skin of the cosmetic product applied;
- Not hungry come into the office – food should be a half an hour before the procedure.
Complications as a result of the method of sclerotherapy is usually not, but sometimes there are:
- Itching at the sting site which subsides after 2 hours after the injection;
- The pain can last up to three days;
- Peeling of the skin stops removed after 10 to 12 days.
Extremely rare (1 case per thousand) may occur, the inflammation of the veins – thrombosis.
After treatment with this method, you need to:
- To avoid in the course of the week increased loads on the legs.
- Two weeks do not take a hot bath and hot shower;
- One and a half-two months will not go to the Sauna;
- Do not sit and not stand for a long time.
Important!
Sclerotherapy procedure should be by a professional doctor, therefore, the aid should be your choice only in specialized medical institutions. At the end of the course, a medical monitoring in the course of the month.
Laser
Laser therapy – a modern method of treatment of varicose veins without surgery. Among its advantages the following:
- The treatment of the veins with a laser beam requires no incisions and leaves no traces on the surface of the skin of the feet;
- During the process virtually pain – quite-flat-free-local anesthesia;
- The process takes only a few minutes;
- The recovery of the patient after such a bloodless Operation runs very quickly.
The laser unit generates radiation of a particular wavelength, that is, by the venous blood, secretes a heat-and "welds" the sick Co vessel from the inside. As a result, he is eliminated from the blood circulation and blood flow to the tissue continues through the deep veins back and collateral lateral fine blood vessels. By the load, they start to develop and in a few days to reach sizes of a ship.
The procedure is performed under local anaesthetic by injection into a vein via a puncture in the skin of the legs, Laser light head, the top of which there is a microscopic lens, the scattering of the beam for a more uniform coagulation (sealing) of Vienna. The Manipulation is within 30 minutes, after which the Patient can return immediately to normal life.
Contraindications to the use of Laser treatment of varicose veins with this method are pregnancy and lactation. The procedure is diseases of the is contraindicated during exacerbation of accompanying, the tendency to form blood clots, inflammation of the skin in the area of Laser applications, low blood clotting.
Radio-Frequency Ablation
This non-surgical method for the treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities began relatively recently – only about ten years. It is widely used in the United States and Western Europe, in Russia, the same method came three years ago, and so far only rarely applied. The main reason is the high cost of the equipment used for the conduct of the investigation and therapy.
This method gives you a good effect in the treatment of varicose veins on the legs. You will appreciate both doctors and patients. The method is broadly similar with a Laser through an incision in the skin of the doctor of the vessel hf waveguide puts the patient in the Lumen, the sealing of the container by the radiation of radio waves. Excluded Vienna from the blood in the course of time is replaced by connective tissue. Contra-indication, apart from those that are indicated for the treatment with the Laser, the presence of atherosclerosis in a patient and of a pronounced degree of obesity.
Advantages of using the method over the conventional surgery in varicose veins of the legs, consist in the following:
- Significantly less negative feelings for the patient.
- Continuing effectiveness – positive effect of the method consists of a for several years.
- Low probability of complications – according to statistics, they occur only in the case of three out of a hundred patients the procedure.
Important! Very important is the experience of the physician, the implementation of the Manipulation of this method. The Patient is asked to pay special attention to this side of the question before the transition of a course of treatment.
Micro-Phlebotomy
It is a modern minimally invasive procedure, which is a difficult micro-surgical Operation, at the time of the doctor the sick, Co calls vessel under the skin through a microscopic cut with a special hook. More varicose veins affected plot is truncated, and the healthy parts of the vessel tacked.
After the surgery, on the skin of the patient is very small scars that are not visible to the naked eye remain. Sometimes a hematoma will appear at the site of incision, it disappears within two weeks. During the rehabilitation phase (1-2 months – the exact timing depending on the number of veins in surgery) the Patient must of a special compression wear bodice, and in the future, larger physical loads can be avoided. In addition, a Patient had survived an Operation, a normal life can be lead.
Under the condition of timely treatment for the help, modern medicine offers many options for the treatment of varicose veins on the legs, with which to solve this Problem with minimal damage to the patient. The right choice of the method to the patient to help the doctor to the appropriate examinations.