The varicose veins are characterized by an unequal expansion of the light of the legs of the legs, the appearance of nodes in them and an increase in their length.The disease develops gradually, characterized by a chronic course.
Women suffer from varicose veins three times more often than men.And among the representatives of the strongest sex, the faces are prone to this ailment that loves sports with the maximum distribution of the load of the legs: soccer, tennis, basketball.
Why is the expansion of the veins?
There are three types of veins in the fabrics of the legs: superficial and superficial and deep surface veins.Each vein is a hollow tube along which blood flows from leg tissues to the heart.There are no muscle cells on the walls of the veins, so the vein cannot contract to push the blood up.This task is performed by the skeletal muscles of the legs.And the valves are inside the veins: they close their girdle at the time of the reduction of skeletal muscles, avoiding the reverse blood flow.Each muscle contraction "pushes" the blood up.
When the valves close freely, part of the blood flows backwards, it stagnates in Vienna, presses its walls, gradually stretching them.The veins light expands, its wall extends.This is the beginning of varicose veins.
Factors that cause the disease:
- HERITY: With an innate missing collagen fibers, the vein wall is less elastic and prone to stretch.
- Stagnation of blood in the veins of the legs with overweight and obesity, with shoes with a heel of more than 3-4 centimeters, with a prolonged position in a place of people of certain professions and vendors, chefs, teachers or with a long session with office employees.
- Changes in the hormonal background: the higher progesterone content in the blood of a pregnant woman makes the walls soft and stretched, so the danger of varicose veins during the period of supporting the child increases sharply.
The first signs of varicose veins: how not to get lost
The alarm on the beginner varicose veins is considered the time when vascular stars or vascular networks: reticular varicose veins appear in the skin of the legs.This is not a cosmetic defect, but the beginning of the disease!
At the same time or after a while, the second group of signs joins, a feeling of heaviness in the legs, exploding on the legs after a prolonged position or sitting in a chair.When a person begins to walk, the feeling of gravity decreases: the skeletal muscles are poured over the highest stagnant blood and the stretching of the walls of the veins decreases.
Edema manifests a greater development of the disease in the legs: these are traces of socks, a thickening of one leg in relation to the second with the visual examination.
Later, pain in the muscles of the clog of the legs, fatigue when walking, dry skin and pigmentation, outstanding varicose nodes and the formation of trophic ulcers.
When to contact a vascular surgeon?
When the first vascular networks and stars appear, they must consult a specialist and, if necessary, perform an ultrasound study of the veins of the lower extremities and perform varicose veins in the veins.The sooner the diagnosis of varicose veins is diagnosed, the more possibilities of stopping it in the initial stage.