Varicosis on the legs is a frequent disease in women than in men.For the right sex, this is explained, first of all, by pregnancy, which can negatively influence ships, as well as wearing high wheeled shoes, working on the "legs".
Today it is quite difficult to imagine a woman who goes without a heavy bag.All these loads over time affect the ships of the lower limbs, causing varicose veins.The disease not only ruins the aesthetic appearance of the legs, but it can also be life.This is why it is necessary to identify the symptoms and causes of the development of the disease in advance in order to prevent the development of varicose veins in advance and how to get rid completely.
To date, the treatment of varicose veins in women implies the use of a complete campaign: drug methods (drugs, tablets), gymnastics (exercise therapy), wearing medical compression linen, physiotherapy methods, surgery, diet, remedies for people and preventive measures.
Varicose veins on women in women: pharmacological treatment

There are people who believe that in women varicose veins are harmless, but it is not so.This is a very serious disease that occurs due to circulatory disorders.The reasons for the apparition of varicose veins in the female are the improper operation of the veins on the legs.Consequently, the blood flow begins to go in the opposite direction, causing deformation of the vessels.
The main causes of varicose veins on the legs of women:
- From early childhood, the child has weak blood vessels;
- Genetic predisposition and inheritance.For example, if the mother has varicose veins, then the daughter will probably have a disease;
- It remains for a long time in one position: sitting or standing;
- Regular weight lifting;
- A change in the hormonal background;
- Pregnancy;
- Wearing constant of high wheeled shoes;
- Long reception of oral contraceptives.
In addition, the causes of the formation of varicose veins can be bad habits (smoke, alcohol) and sedentary lifestyle.In the treatment of varicose veins in women, it is necessary to correctly identify the causes of the disease and, first of all, influence it precisely.
The following degree (stadium) of varicose veins in women shows symptoms such as:
- pain and heaviness in the legs;
- edema of the lower ends;
- Night convulsions in the legs;
- Visible manifestations of expanded veins.
If the disease is not treated, varicose veins will become dangerous for the girl.Trophical ulcers can occur on the legs that bring more problems of the expansion of the veins.It is very important to cure the legs, since the lack of therapy can also lead to thrombophlebitis: if blood clots are formed, this can lead to death for the patient.
Attention!Getting rid of varicose veins must start in a timely manner in order to prevent certain complications.In the initial phase of the disease, drug therapy should be used.
As a rule, a phlebologist prescribes drugs and oral administration drugs:
- Vegetable drugs that can actually tone the veins.
- Venotonic, which can normalize blood circulation and strengthen the walls of the blood vessels.
- Non -pounded anti -inflammatory drugs.They relieve swelling, reduce inflammation.
- Anti -aggregate drugs.They effectively prevent thrombosis, liquefied blood.
Now a sufficient number of biologically active tablets and additives is produced that relieves the symptoms and signs of the varicose veins, which act on its cause.
Drugs for external use
In addition to drops and tablets for internal use, external products are also prescribed.Today, pharmaceutical products are ready to offer a fairly wide selection of creams, gels and ointments to recover from varicose veins in women and conduct regular preventive measures.
Funds for external use can differ in its action and composition:
- Those who have an active substance - Troxerutin.
- Hormonal drugs.
- Containing heparin.
- Non -pounding ointments that can alleviate inflammation and prevent blood clots.
Women use many of these drugs and leave good reviews on them.Remember that external drugs and drugs must be used only on the recommendation and appointment of a specialist.
Surgery
If there is a serious and neglected case when it is already impossible to treat the disease with medicines, surgery is used.
At the moment, these surgical treatment methods can be used:
- Vene radio frequency ablation.This method consists in the fact that a special crater is introduced into the expanded vein, which heats gradually.The heating and gluing of the inflamed vena occurs.Subsequently, the crater must be removed and the procedure is underway under the ultrasound.
- Endoxic laser coagulation.The method is based on the entry into an expanded vein of a laser light, which burns it.
- Flebosclerotherapy.A special drug that has a sclerling effect is introduced into the expanded vein.Thanks to this, the vein is glued and the operation should be performed under the control of the ultrasound.
The surgical methods presented for the treatment of varicose veins in women have a huge number of advantages.Alci and the same make use of local anesthesia, a short period of the recovery period and adapt to those patients who do not want the procedure to take a long time.In addition, a huge advantage of these methods is the absence of a postoperative scar.However, there are also disadvantages: the high cost of the operation and the probability of recurrence.
Flobosclerotherapy is carried out without anesthesia.The procedure is painless and will not require hospitalization of the patient's hospital.The advantage of this method is that there are no scars, which is important for women who care about the beauty of their legs.Less than the treatment: the appearance of an inflammatory and impact process.There is also a probability of pigmentation in the place where the puncture was made.
With the traditional method (Flebectomy), the expanded veins concerned are removed.The doctor takes an incision under the knee or in the inguinal area.A painful vein is elongated through a small hole and with the help of a special tool it is removed.The positive moments of this operation are: high efficiency, performed at any phase of the disease.
Against Flebectomy:
- Long period of rehabilitation, about 7-9 days;
- The probability of infection and the presence of bleeding;
- The presence of scars after the operation;
- Probability of relapse;
- Spinal or general anesthesia;
- Injury of fabrics that are nearby.
There is another surgical method for the treatment of varicose veins of the lower ends - miniflebectomy.It is actually used in the initial phase of the disease.Using a small drilling, a special hook is stretched and then overlaps.
Treatment of varicose veins on the legs with popular remedies
How to cure varicose veins with popular remedies?There are a huge number of domestic recipes to get rid of the disease.These are all types of dyes, rubbing, compositions, herbal decoctions.One of the popular recipes is a chestnut tincture on horseback.The plant is common in the south of Russia, it helps a lot from varicose veins, can strengthen blood vessels, remove swelling and pain and also prevents thrombosis well.
Attention!For the preparation of lotions, dyes and compressed, the fruits of this plant are used.Most drugs are made on the basis of horse chestnut.
The tincture of chestnut fruits on horseback can be prepared independently at home:
- Half a glass with vegetable fruit should be poured with a bottle of vodka;
- Insist for about 2 weeks;
- Then filtered;
- It is necessary to take 15 drops three times a day before meals.
Contraindications of the horse chestnut:
- Nephropathy;
- High bleeding;
- If the patient has a stomach ulcer.

With varicose veins, another plant can help - white acacia.To defeat this disease, it is necessary to use vegetable flowers.They make a decoction or a tincture.It is necessary to take about half a glass of flowers and pour a bottle of vodka.Let it prepare about 3 weeks.Subsequently, rub the tincture in the veins affected on the legs daily.
Blue clay packs can help, it is sold in stores and pharmacies.It is necessary to dilute the dry clay with water and apply to the sick areas with a thick layer.After that, wrap the legs with polyethylene, it is not necessary to wrap them.Leave the system for an hour and then wash with cold water.Thanks to the picture, the stimulation of the vascular walls occurs.
You can use the compositions from green tomatoes, potatoes and cabbage leaves.Medical baths of nine and chamomile are made.
Massage and therapeutic gymnastics
Therapeutic gymnastics (exercise therapy) is one of the complex treatment methods to stop the process of expansion of the veins and improve their general conditions.Since in most cases the disease occurs due to a sedentary lifestyle, stagnation in the legs, charge and gymnastics will help to strengthen blood vessels and disperse the blood well.All exercises should be selected by a specialist, given the individual characteristics of the patient's body and the severity of the inflammatory process.
There are general exercises useful for combating varicose veins:
- Walking in place, do not tear the socks from the floor for a minute.
- Perform the circular movements of the feet in the air, sitting on a chair.
- Lie on the back, lift your legs and bend them simultaneously/incredibly on their knees ten times.
- Sitting on a flat surface, fold and fold every leg alternately.
- Lie on the back, lift your legs, fold and extend your feet.
- Walking on socks for a minute, then on the same amount of time.
- Standing, rolling from the heels to the socks 10 times.
These exercises can be performed at any phase of the disease.If you have a sedentary job, it is advisable to walk around the room every 30-40 minutes.Important importance in the treatment of varicose veins is cycling, swimming and excursions.
The therapeutic massage for varicose veins must be done very carefully and it is desirable that the specialist does it.It is better to consult the doctor on massage procedures, since there are some contraindications.The doctor will surely provide recommendations on the necessary actions during massage.
Gymnastics
- "Bicycle" exercises.You have to lie with your back on a flat surface.Fold the knees and lift your legs so that there are 90 degrees between the hips and belly.In this position, it simulates a bicycle ride for 2 minutes.After a short rest, repeat the exercise.
- Twins.The starting position is the straight stand, the hands on the belt.It raises the leg to the first account of 70 degrees, detained in this position for 2 seconds, then returns without hitches in its original position.Repeat the activity with the second foot.
- "Birch" exercise.It is a simple exercise for children who can save ships from the appearance of varicose veins.If you are difficult with balance, then the exercise can be done by the wall.You have to lie on your back.Based on the floor with the elbows, it is necessary to lift the legs and the pelvis as much as possible.Lie for a minute in this position.After that, rests and returns to the year.
- Exercise "subject of la".You can do the floor or step.Strong with the socks on the edge of the step, put your hands on the belt.It is necessary to get up without hitches up and down, without tearing the socks from the floor.After 20 lifts, rest, then repeat.
Diet
What does a diet for varicose veins mean?First of all, this is a complete refusal of highly salty, fried and fatty foods.As well as from alcohol and tobacco.You have to take food in a timely way, in small portions and about 5 times a day.It is worth considering.Which products are allowed and which are prohibited for this pathology.The correct diet will help to eliminate the disease and for prevention.
Profitable products:
- Cereals;
- Fruits (except melons, grapes);
- Vegetables;
- Cheese;
- Low -fat fish;
- Beans;
- Mushrooms;
- Soy;
- Olive, if annoyed silk, flax seed oil;
- Chicken, beef, rabbits;
- Algae;
- Just squeezed juices (sugar without sugar);
- Walnuts;
- Dried fruits;
- Black and green tea;
- Rye bread, oatmeal biscuits (homemade);
- Seafood;
- Butter (no more than 10 g per day).
Particular attention should be paid to citrus fruits, which can prevent oxidative processes in the body and act as powerful antioxidants.The fruits reduce the fragility of the blood vessels and strengthen the walls.The vegetables saturate the body with group B vitamins, magnesium, potassium: this is very important if there are frequent pains and cramps.Green vegetables are useful: cucumbers, herbs, spinach, broccoli, artichokes of Jerusalem, celery, pepper.
To prevent various diseases, doctors recommend drinking protein foods: meat and legumes.Remember that the meat must be consumed by low fat varieties.It is better to cook meat and fried dishes are a straight path up to a high level of cholesterol.
The body and dried fruits are needed, since their composition contains a large amount of magnesium and potassium.Microelements are needed so that the muscles and the nervous system as a whole work well.Fue and olive oil are a source of Omega fatty acids: it is possible to clean the vases well and this is an effective prevention of the atherosclerosis.
Forbidden products include:
- Coffee;
- Alcohol;
- Salo;
- Chocolate, sweets;
- Fried dishes.
- Flour products;
- Fast food, chips;
- Mayonnaise;
- Carbonated drinks;
- Salt herring.
Alcohol and salty food can cause swelling on the legs.And this is very dangerous for blood vessels.Coffee causes gravity in the legs, worsens blood circulation and promotes the blood thief.Maceo, lard, fried dishes, fast food can increase cholesterol and cause atherosclerosis in the future.
Attention!At night, you shouldn't drink water, since in the morning they can appear swelling and heaviness in the legs and there is also the risk of increasing blood pressure.
Grass for varicose veins
The grass commissions can be used, as well as single -component means.Herbs of varicose veins can give a stronger and faster effect due to the complex composition.In them, the ingredients are contained in equal and chopped proportions.Take several tablespoons of the finished mixture, pour boiling water (half a liter) and let it prepare.As an option, you can use a Thermos.Subsequently, the broth must be filtered and drink 75 ml three times a day.
Some herbal taxes:
- Birch Buds, series, Donnik, Coltsfoot, Motherwort;
- Lingonberry, Calamus, Lobillar, St. John's Wort, Yarrow;
- Thyme, Calendula, Nove, Lingonberry, Highlander Highlander;
- Gerano, Sporad, Aronia, Snake Highlander, Ivo.
How to cure varicose veins during pregnancy
This disease can also affect young women during pregnancy.This is due to the fact that there is a high load on the legs and the composition of the blood changes due to an increase in the hormonal background.The growing uterus begins to put pressure on the feet, deforming ships.When you carry a child, it is possible to suspend or prevent the process of changing the veins on the legs.
What should be done in this case?It is necessary to wear compression linen for pregnant women.Special knitwear clothing occurs in the form of: golf, socks, tights.The doctor can help choose the necessary type of compression linen, as well as to determine the type of compression and size.The compression level can be: weak, medium or strong.With the initial degree of illness, special gels and ointments with varicose veins can be written, which must be used before putting a medical knitwear.
For a doctor's resolution, you can use some drugs with varicose veins inwards.Pregnant women can meet another type of varicose veins: the anus (hemorrhoids).A compulsory consultation of a surgeon will be required, which will select the candles necessary for the treatment.
During pregnancy, it is necessary to conduct a special day of the day and, if possible, do not spend a lot of time in the legs.You should relax more often, raising your legs to a small height.The walks will be very useful in fresh air.The pregnant woman in the diet should have all the beneficial substances.
In the subsequent stages of pregnancy, there will be a high load in the lower limbs, causing heaviness and swelling.At home, you can use traditional medicine recipes for external use: apple vinegar lotions, horse chestnuts or wormwoods.The foot baths with the addition of maritime layers will be useful.This helps to relax the blood vessels and muscles.
Women who are in place should refuse to wear high wheels shoes, as this can negatively affect the ship's ships.It is recommended to wear shoes and boots, heels, the height of which is no more than 5 cm.If the first signs of thrombosis appear (changes in the color of the skin, swelling, pain in the legs) they should immediately seem to the doctor.If there is a greater temperature, severe pain in the legs, weakness is concerned, in this case it is necessary to cause an ambulance.You can't hesitate here: a thrombus is able to detach and move through ships.
When to see a doctor
Quite often, patients turn to the doctor already in the following stages, when varicose veins are difficult to treat.In order not to lose precious time, you need to contact a doctor at the first symptoms:
- Leg pain;
- Gravity in the lower ends;
- Leg cramps at night;
- The appearance of Edema;
- Strong effort in the legs even after a small walk.
If you listen to your body in a timely way, the negative consequences of varicose veins can be avoided.If at least one symptom appears, do not be lazy, contact a phlebologist or a vascular surgeon for diagnosis.
Which doctor do you have to contact?
Some women may present apologies, in order not to go to the clinic, saying that they do not know which doctor to contact when varicose legs occur.A phlebologist can diagnose, identify the stage of the disease and prescribe effective treatment.First of all, you have to look for him to ask for help.Subsequently, the doctor can send to other specialists.
These include:
- Angiosurgeon:manages interested veins and arteries.
- Cardiac surgeon:Removes blood clots and works with problematic jars on the legs.
- Physiotherapist:prescribes physiotherapy procedures, exercises and preventive measures.
- Dermatologist:The therapy of the lower limbs can be prescribed if there are trophic ulcers.
Certainly.Several specialists can face varicose veins, but first of all, it is necessary to look for a consultation with a phlebologist.And after that, to other doctors.
Disease prevention

To avoid the appearance of this dangerous disease, it is necessary to follow some rules for the prevention of varicose veins:
- If possible, observe a special diet;
- Don't stand for a long time;
- Do not wear too close clothes and high wheeled shoes;
- Guide more a bicycle, swim, do an excursion;
- Take a contrast shower;
- With a night or day holiday, try to put your legs at a slight elevation;
- Don't sit, putting your leg on the leg ";
- More often they practice sports;
- Use herbal infusions;
- Avoid overheating, visit saunas, bathrooms.Do not make hot baths too often;
- With a long place, try to move periodically and knead your feet.
Food and diet for a woman should be as different as possible.Avoid smoked dishes, fried and salty, sharp condiments.Adhere to dietary nutrition: fiber, fresh vegetables and fruit.Do not raise gravity, avoid a high load on the veins of the legs.Forget bad habits such as alcohol and smoking.
Attention!If you want to take a trip, be sure to take the compression linen with you.During a long journey, the vases weaken and are able to cause edema, as well as other unpleasant symptoms.
Conclusion and conclusion
The disease is treated if you consult a doctor in a timely manner.If desired, you can prevent and suspend the process of expansion of the veins on the legs.