Why and why veins on legs are visible?

The circulatory system of man is formed by arteries, veins and capillaries. Through the veins of a large circle of blood circulation, venous blood from the lower extremities goes to the heart. The movement of the fluid from the bottom up in the legs is provided by a system of valves on the inner wall of the veins. The main burden falls on the veins of the shin.

Why do you see veins on your legs?

Valves on the walls of venous vessels with blood flow upward slam periodically, skipping a portion of blood and open, preventing its movement downward. The whole process is quite complicated, including muscle contractions and other mechanisms of blood flow through the veins. Changes in this process can be caused by hereditary diseases, loss of elasticity walls, disturbances in the activity of the valves.

The disease manifests itself gradually: swelling, heaviness and pain in the legs. More often these people complain about these phenomena. Women are worried that the veins on their legs are visible, more often than men. An additional factor that leads to deformity of the veins is pregnancy. Among the causes of the onset of patients with leg veins, specialists Term stay of a person in an upright position, the need to stay in a sitting position for a long time, constipation, heavy physical work, uncomfortable shoes, too high heels, tobacco abuse and alcoholism. Under the influence of a complex of causes, the operation of the valves of the veins is disrupted, the outflow of blood upwards becomes more difficult. A person feels, especially at night, convulsive contraction of the calf muscles. Legs by the evening are very tired and swollen. The deformed veins on the legs are visible, and they need treatment.

Are therapeutic methods of treating veins on the legs effective?

How to treat veins on legs? This person thinks about when there is pain and swelling.

For consultation with a specialist phlebologist, in the initial period of the disease, they are rarely addressed. Usually, understanding the importance of lifestyle changes, the patient begins to move more actively, to do therapeutic exercises. Many resort to folk methods of treatment, apply also ointments containing medicinal substances. The most famous drugs are "Troxevasin", "Lyoton", "Venoruton". Helps use of elastic bandages and other methods. They are effective in case the veins on the legs are visible, but the venous vessels are not clogged.

Is it possible to do without the scalpel in the treatment of leg varicose?

In advanced cases of varicose veins, not only veins on the legs are visible, but also there is burning, itching, the skin of the legs becomes dense and dry, the superficial and deep veins disturb. Expanded and swollen veins hurt, dark spots appear on the skin. Turning to the doctor, the patient learns about the deformation of the veins and the need for surgical intervention. Not everyone agrees to an operation. It turns out that you can clean the venous pattern on your legs safely, quickly, reliably and painlessly. The modern method of curing varicose veins is called sclerotherapy. It consists in isolating the sick vessels. Through a thin needle into the diseased vein is introduced a gluing agent - sclerosant. The blood flow in the damaged vein stops, the blood finds a new path through which it continues its movement upward, and the glued vessel atrophies. Treatment with foam sclerosant was called Foam-form sclerotherapy. It is necessary to conduct several sessions, within a year and a half without cosmetic defects, the damaged vein disappears. All this time the patient lives his usual life.

With laser sclerotherapy, the damaged vein is treated with a laser. The boiling plasma of blood itself clogs the vessel, it is excluded from the bloodstream. For the treatment of large veins, it is better to use radiofrequency obliteration. In recent years, combined surgical methods with laser or drug sclerotherapy. Stripping became widespread, in which the affected area of the vein is removed.

If there are even minor circulatory disorders in the legs, ask for help from a specialist. He will choose the most promising in your case method of treatment from a rich arsenal, which has modern medicine.