Treatment of varicose veins is a long process that requires a responsible approach from both the doctor and the patient.With the help of a well-chosen therapeutic regimen, you can stabilize the patient’s condition, prevent the progression of the pathology and improve well-being.
Treatment of varicose veins is a long process that requires a responsible approach from both the doctor and the patient.
Treatment methods
Varicose veins are treated in several ways.The main ones:
- Conservative.It is used in the initial stages of the disease, when there are no complications in the form of trophic ulcers and other damage to the integrity of the skin.With the help of medications (tablets, injections, ointments and other dosage forms), it is possible to stabilize the patient’s well-being and prevent the development of stagnation in the blood vessels of the lower extremities.
- Surgical.It involves removing the affected veins or introducing a special substance into their lumen, which causes the vessel to stick together.
Medicines
The use of the following medications will help eliminate varicose veins in the legs:
- Phlebotonics.Increases vascular tone and strengthens the walls.
- Anticoagulants.Prevents platelet aggregation.
- Decongestants.Eliminate congestion, remove swelling of the lower extremities.
- Disaggregants.Effectively thins the blood.
- Antioxidants.Improve blood circulation and activate recovery processes.
- Fibrinolytics.Destroys blood clots.
- Preparations to activate microcirculation and prevent trophic changes.
The use of phlebotonics, anticoagulants, disaggregants, antioxidants, and fibrinolytics will help eliminate varicose veins in the legs.
Creams and ointments
Conservative treatment methods include the use of special creams and ointments.They will help to completely cure the stars on your legs and prevent the formation of blood clots in the blood vessels.Treatment involves the use of ointments based on heparin and venoactive components.
The products have a resolving effect, prevent the development of stagnation, reduce pain and strengthen the walls of blood vessels.
To relieve pain, you need to use NSAID-based ointments.They help reduce inflammation.
Pills
Effective treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities is impossible without the use of systemic drugs in the form of tablets.Phlebotonics are used for this.The products strengthen the walls of blood vessels, increase their tone and elasticity.Prevents swelling and blood stagnation, relieves pain and cramps.Blood thinners will help get rid of unpleasant sensations.The use of NSAIDs in the form of tablets is indicated to make the patient feel better.
Injections
Drugs intended for intramuscular administration will help quickly remove dilated veins in the legs and make the patient feel better.For this purpose, phlebotonics, antiplatelet agents, decongestants and other agents are used.
The doctor develops a treatment regimen individually for each patient, taking into account clinical manifestations, present complications and other factors.
Treatment without surgery
It is impossible to completely eliminate varicose veins using conservative methods.Physiotherapeutic methods, active use of compression hosiery, physical therapy exercises, hirudotherapy and other methods will help improve the effectiveness of the use of medications.
Hirudotherapy
Leech saliva contains hirudin.This component has powerful blood-thinning properties.Upon penetration into the bloodstream, it prevents the formation of blood clots and promotes the resorption of existing clots.Activates blood circulation and prevents blood stagnation in the lower extremities.
With the help of hirudotherapy, spider veins and varicose veins on the legs can be removed forever, especially at the initial stage of development.
Physiotherapy
To improve the condition of a patient suffering from varicose veins of the lower extremities, physiotherapeutic methods are widely used as an additional treatment.With their help, it is possible to stabilize the pathological process and stop its further development.Strengthen the walls of blood vessels, make them elastic, activate blood and lymph flow.
The most effective and popular method of treating varicose veins is laser therapy.
For varicose veins, the following physiotherapeutic treatment methods are used:
- darsonvalization;
- galvanization;
- laser therapy;
- Ural Federal District;
- magnetic therapy;
- cryotherapy;
- hydrotherapy;
- UHF;
- balneotherapy and others.
Compression therapy
The treatment method involves using special knitwear or an elastic bandage, which helps fight varicose veins by compressing superficial veins.The patient puts on the knitwear while lying down (in the morning), when the blood vessels are in a relaxed state.During physical activity, this will prevent them from overfilling.
Depending on the degree of pressure, compression hosiery is divided into 4 classes.Therefore, it is used not only in the early stages of the disease, but also when ulcers appear on the skin.
Exercises
Physical exercises are indicated to activate blood circulation and eliminate venous stagnation.They should be done not only when signs of disease development appear, but also for preventive purposes.
Before starting classes, you should definitely consult with a physical therapy specialist, since some exercises and sports are strictly prohibited for varicose veins.
The patient should move a lot, but he should not run, as this adversely affects the condition of the blood vessels.
Surgery
Modern methods of surgical treatment will help eliminate varicose veins of the lower extremities.In this case, partial or complete removal of subcutaneous blood vessels is carried out, which helps eliminate the abnormal discharge of blood from superficially located veins to deeper ones.The operation is performed in several ways.This could be phlebectomy, laser coagulation or sclerotherapy.The choice of method is based on the severity of venous damage and the patient’s condition.
Sclerotherapy
Treatment with sclerotherapy is carried out by introducing a special substance (sclerosant) into a pathologically dilated vein.It provokes the occurrence of aseptic inflammation, which leads to the adhesion of the walls of blood vessels.After the procedure, a tight bandage must be applied to the limb.The duration of its use is determined by the specialist who performed the treatment.This is influenced by the extent of the pathology and the number of injections performed.As a result of this treatment, blood flow is stopped and the sealed vein is converted into scar tissue.
Laser coagulation
Laser coagulation is a minimally invasive treatment of pathologically dilated veins of the lower extremities, in which a special laser light guide is inserted into the lumen of the altered vessel.Under its influence, the endothelium of the vein is exposed to high temperature, as a result of which it sticks together.This leads to the cessation of blood flow in the vessel with its further resorption.
Laser treatment affects only the inner wall of the vessel, without affecting the surrounding tissue.Under the influence of the laser, varicose veins are eliminated and trophic disorders are eliminated.
Laser coagulation helps eliminate varicose veins.In this case, under the influence of the laser, varicose veins are eliminated and trophic disorders are eliminated.
Phlebectomy
Phlebectomy is the surgical removal of varicose veins.This treatment is carried out only after a thorough examination of the patient (Doppler sonography), in order to determine the localization of pathologically changed areas, the condition of the valves of the superficial and deep veins, the presence of additional trunks and tributaries.
Surgical treatment of the disease using phlebectomy allows you to restore normal blood flow and eliminate reflux (reverse reflux).This is possible due to the removal of the great and small saphenous veins.
Folk remedies
Varicose veins are treated not only with medication, but also with the help of unconventional methods.However, as an independent treatment, folk remedies are indicated for use only in the initial stages of the disease.In case of severe pathology, they can only be used in combination with traditional conservative and surgical medicine.
In the treatment of the disease, it is advisable to use compresses, use tinctures and decoctions based on medicinal plants that have a healing effect.
Compresses
The main condition for the effectiveness of compresses is that the temperature rises by several degrees under the bandage.Thanks to this, medicinal components quickly penetrate deep into the tissues and have a therapeutic effect.
Compresses help a patient with varicose veins.The treatment uses tomato slices, fern leaves, potato peelings, chopped branches of young willow, Kalanchoe, soda with white cabbage leaves and honey.
To treat the disease, use tomato slices, fern leaves, potato peelings, chopped branches of young willow, Kalanchoe, soda with white cabbage leaves and honey.You can also use a semi-alcohol compress, which has pronounced stimulating properties.
Tinctures
To prepare tinctures for varicose veins, you should use medicinal plants that can improve microcirculation, reduce vascular permeability and restore the elasticity of the walls, eliminate swelling and inflammation, thin the blood and prevent the formation of blood clots.
Most often, horse chestnut tincture is used for varicose veins.The fruits contain useful glycosides that have a pronounced therapeutic effect.
In addition to chestnut, the use of tinctures based on nettle, hops, nutmeg, Kalanchoe, apples, arnica, hops and other components is recommended.
Herbs
With the help of properly selected herbal infusions, you can activate blood flow, eliminate stagnation of blood and lymph in the lower extremities, thin the blood, remove swelling and pain, and normalize metabolic processes.Herbal medicine is not aimed at reducing the clinical manifestations of the disease, but at eliminating the cause of varicose veins.In the treatment of pathology, verbena, sweet clover, meadow lumbago, club-shaped swimmer, crassula, dandelion, meadow clover and others are used.The course of treatment is several months.