The varicose veins are characterized by an uneven expansion of the light of the veins of the legs, the appearance of knots on them and an increase in their length.The disease is developing gradually, characterized by a chronic course.
Women suffer from varicose veins three times more often than men.And among the representatives of stronger sex, the faces are subject to this disease which love sport with the maximum distribution of the legs: football, tennis, basketball.
Why is the expansion of the veins
There are three types of veins in leg tissue: superficial and deep superficial, deep, related veins.Each vein is a hollow tube along which the blood flows from the fabrics of the legs to the heart.There are no muscle cells in the walls of the veins, so the vein cannot contract to push blood.This task is carried out by the skeletal muscles of the legs.And the valves are located inside the veins - they close their belt when reducing skeletal muscles, avoiding the inverted flow of blood.Each muscular contraction "pushes" the blood above.
When the flashes are loosely closed, part of the blood retreats, stagnates in Vienna, presses on its walls, gradually stretching them.The light of the veins expands, its wall stretches.It is the beginning of varicose veins.
Factors causing the disease:
- Hérétité - With an innate lack of collagen fibers, the wall of the vein is less elastic and subject to stretching.
- Stagnation of blood in the veins of overweight and obesity legs, wearing shoes with a heel of more than 3 to 4 centimeters, with a prolonged position in a place of people of certain trained and sellers, cooks, speakers or with a long session with office employees.
- Changes in the hormonal background: The increased content of progesterone in the blood of a pregnant woman makes the walls soft and stretched, so that the danger of varicose veins during the child's portage period increases sharply.
The first signs of varicose veins - how not to be missed
The alarm on the beginners varicose veins is considered to be the moment when the vascular stars or the vascular networks - the reticular varicose veins appear on the skin of the legs.It is not a cosmetic defect, but the start of the disease!
At the same time or after a while, the second group of panels joins - a feeling of heaviness in the legs, radiant in the legs after a standing or seated position on a chair.When a person begins to walk, the feeling of gravity decreases: the skeletal muscles flow on the stagnant blood and the stretching of the walls of the veins decreases.
The subsequent development of the disease manifests itself in edema on the legs - these are traces of socks, thickening of a leg compared to the second with a visual examination.
Later, pain in the muscles of the calf of the legs, fatigue during walking, dry skin and pigmentation, varicose nodes in protrusion and the formation of trophic ulcers are noted.
When to contact a vascular surgeon?
When the first vascular networks and stars appear, you must consult a specialist and, if necessary, carry out an ultrasound study of the veins of the lower limbs and perform varicose veins on the veins.The sooner the diagnosis of varicose veins is diagnosed, the more likely it is to stop it at the initial stage.