Varicose veins are traditionally considered a "female" disease. However, this opinion is wrong, men also suffer from varicose veins. In addition, they courageously endure the manifestations and rather late turn to doctors, when the disease is already at an advanced stage, and this is not surprising: men are not so worried about the visual consequences of varicose veins - spider veinsprotruding veins - few know that the disease can progress to the stage of trophic ulcer.
Varicose veins start long before twisted and dilated veins appear on the legs. It is a process that can progress and acquire a prolonged (chronic) course. The venous blood, which should flow from the bottom upwards from the legs and carry the metabolic products, stagnates in the vessels. There are valves inside the veins that prevent blood from flowing back. As the disease progresses, the valves inside the veins stop closing completely and some of the blood flows in the opposite direction. Due to the excessive accumulation of blood, the walls of the veins dilate, become tortuous. Blood circulation is impaired, swelling, pain occurs, and heaviness is felt.
If you do not take treatment measures, varicose veins can lead to complications: thrombophlebitis (inflammation of the walls of the veins with the development of blood clots), dermatitis, trophic ulcers - open, non-healing wounds with the risk of infection. In some cases, the complications of the disease can lead to disability. Varicose veins are not only an injury to the veins of the legs, an equally serious problem for a man is the expansion of the pelvic veins. In particular, it can contribute to the appearance of other problems, such as hemorrhoids.
What contributes to the development of varicose veins:
The key factors affecting the development of varicose veins are considered sedentary lifestyle, sedentary work, overweight. Irrational nutrition also plays an important role. For example, due to the consumption of a large amount of meat dishes, spicy, starchy and low-fiber foods, chronic constipation may develop, which increases the stagnation of blood in the veins of the small pelvis andlegs. The influence of alcoholic drinks is important: alcohol consumption causes excessive relaxation of the venous wall. The veins with varicose veins are already stretched, and alcohol strengthens the negative effects and contributes to the progression of the disease.
Signs of varicose veins:
- vascular networks or telangiectasias;
- dilated and convoluted veins or varicose veins;
- discoloration of the skin, its dryness, thinning.
More specific symptoms indicating the development of varicose veins can be:
- a feeling of fullness and heaviness in the legs;
- pain in the calf muscles;
- itching, burning, stinging, and even nighttime cramps;
- tired;
- a symptom of restless legs.
How to treat varicose veins
Treatment of varicose veins should be comprehensive: a doctor chooses a treatment plan. It is advisable to adapt your lifestyle. Veins health benefits:
- physiotherapy;
- market;
- swimming;
- cross-country skiing;
- ride a bike.
To help the blood flow more actively through the veins, massage of the buttocks, thighs, legs, feet is useful. It is necessary to lightly stroke and shake the muscles (from the buttocks to the foot), without affecting the areas of the dilated veins themselves. The duration of the procedure is 5-10 minutes per day.
An important place in the treatment is given to special drugs that improve the tone of the veins - venotonics.
Venotonics are local and systemic
For example, local, or external, is a preparation that contains three components that, thanks to an innovative delivery system of substances, quickly penetrate the skin and help to fight the heaviness of the legs and their swelling, it does not leave a sensationstickiness and marks on clothing and skin. . .
As a rule, it is recommended to use local remedies with systemic venotonics (those taken orally, in tablets). It works at any stage of varicose veins, works on the cause of varicose veins from the inside out, and helps cope with pain and swelling in the legs. The drug is convenient to use: only 1 tablet of 1000 mg per day.
Varicose veins are a gender neutral disease. It should be treated as soon as possible, at the first signs of the disease. The approaches involve lifestyle changes, wearing special compression stockings (for men there are comfortable knee-highs), and using medications prescribed by a doctor.