Varicosis is the disease of venous vessels that carry blood to the heart. Varicose veins are most often found in women, but sometimes men suffer from this disease. This disease does not begin immediately, it can imperceptibly develop for several years. First, swelling and heaviness appear in the legs, if you do not pay attention to the first symptoms, then the disease will begin to develop further and it will be difficult to treat it enough.
This disease arises for many reasons, this is a hereditary predisposition, and pregnancy, and obesity. The venous walls become less elastic, the outflow of blood is gradually difficult due to thrombosis of the veins. The expansion of veins can cause diseases such as thrombosis and phlebitis.
The development of thrombophlebitis can provoke injuries of soft tissues of the lower extremities, some infectious diseases. Thrombophlebitis can also be caused by a complication after childbirth. Some non -hormonal and hormonal drugs can also cause thrombophlebitis, as they increase blood coagulation. Active smoking and lack of oxygen exacerbate the situation even more.
If you have started varicose veins of the legs, it is necessary to exclude all types of sweets from your menu, you can only use honey in a small amount. Eat rice soups, low -fat vegetable broths, lean meat. Be sure to use buckwheat cereals, white cabbage in stew and boiled form daily, eat more fresh herbs, fruits, berries and vegetables.
Varicosis is easier to prevent than to treat, so use various preventive measures, do not sit in the "leg on the foot" pose, wear comfortable shoes, leave high heels for solemn occasions. If you have started swelling of the legs, be sure to take a contrasting shower that will help increase the tone of the venous walls. Go in for sports, this will help improve blood circulation in the legs.
There are folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins:
Tincture of Kalanchoe
Tear off the right number of kalanchoe leaves, rinse them and dry well, cut into small pieces in a glass liter jar, pour chopped leaves with vodka to the top. Then close tightly and put in a dark, cool place of the week for two, shaking periodically. After the tincture is ready, it needs to rub her legs, starting from the fingers and ending with the hips. Kalanchoe tincture helps to remove even small vascular nets. The course of use of Kalanchoe is about four months. From time to time, legs can be lubricated with natural apple cider vinegar, which will reduce swelling and relieve pain and heaviness in the legs.
Barbel tincture
This tincture is used to thin the blood, with angina pectoris, from headaches and from varicose veins.
Take fifty grams of horse chestnut peel and pour half a liter of vodka. Insist this mixture for two weeks in a dark place. After the tincture is cooked, it must be drunk with sweetened water for forty drops half an hour before meals, three times a day. The course of treatment is three weeks. But such tincture has some contraindications, it cannot be used for hypotension, constipation, gastritis.
Folk methods of treating varicose veins, of course, give their results, although this is not the case when you can avoid visiting a medical specialist. At the first signs of varicose veins, you must immediately visit a doctor.
Many women are afraid to go to a phlebologist and bring this disease to a serious condition. But, at present, there are many non -surgical methods of treating varicose veins. For example, the Echo-Deduxit Sclerotherapy method is a non-surgical treatment for varicose veins in Germany, which is carried out on an outpatient basis. During this, doctors offer an additional stay of the patient in local sanatoriums-this will help to further control the patient's condition.
In any case, how and where you will be treated depends only on you. Most importantly, not to launch this serious disease.