Varicose veins are characterized by uneven expansion from the lumen of the veins, the appearance of the nodes on them and their length improvement.The disease develops gradually, characterized by chronic courses.
Women have varicose veins three times more often than men.And among the stronger sex representatives, the face is exposed to the disease that loves sports with maximum distribution of leg loads: football, tennis, basketball.
Why the development of veins
There are three types of veins in the foot cloth: shallow, deep, connecting superficial and deep veins.Each vein is a hollow tube where blood flows from the foot to the heart.There is no muscle cells on the vein wall, so the veins cannot contract to push blood.This task is performed by the skeletal muscles.And the valve is located in the veins - they close their belt at the time of the skeletal muscle reduction, preventing the flow of blood.Each muscle contraction "pushes" the blood above.
When the blinking valve is closed loose, some of the blood flows back, stagnat in Vienna, pressing on the wall, gradually stretching it.The vein lumen develops, the walls spread.This is the beginning of varicose veins.
Factors that arouse the disease:
- Descendants - with natural collagen fibers deficiency, the vein wall is less elastic and exposed to stretching.
- Blood pictures in the veins with excess weight and obesity, wearing shoes with heels more than 3-4 centimeters, with prolonged positions at one place from a riders and sellers, cooks, lecturers, or long work with office workers.
- Changes in hormone background: increased progesterone content in the blood of a pregnant woman makes the wall soft and stretched, so the dangers of varicose veins during childbirth increase significantly.
The first sign of varicose veins - how to miss
Alarms on early varicose veins are considered moments when vascular stars or vascular nets - reticular varicose veins appear on the skin.This is not a cosmetic defect, but the onset of the disease!
At the same time or after some time, the second group of signs joins - heavy feelings in the legs, breaks in the legs after standing or sitting on the chair.When a person starts to walk, the severity of the severity decreases: the muscles -The frame of the skeleton pours higher blood and the stretch of the vein wall decreases.
The further development of the disease is indicated by edema in the foot - this is a trace of socks, thickening one foot compared to the second with visual examination.
Then, pain in the calf muscles, fatigue during walking, dry skin and pigmentation, highlighting varicose nodes and trophic ulcer formation is observed.
When to contact a vascular surgeon?
When the first net and vascular star appears, you should consult a specialist, and if necessary, do the ultrasound study of the veins from the lower leg and perform the varicose veins on the veins.The sooner the diagnosis of varicose veins is diagnosed, the more opportunities to stop it in the early stages.