Varicose veins are a disease of veins that is expressed by an increase in their size, change in shape and decrease in elasticity. The superficial veins of the lower extremities, the venous plexus of the rectum, the veins of the portal system and the spermatic cord are predominantly affected.
The appearance of varicose veins is facilitated by difficulties with the outflow of blood through the venous system during a systematic long stay on the feet associated with professional activities, compression of the pelvic veins by the uterus during pregnancy, clogging of the pelvic veins, for example, with systematic constipation, sedentary work, etc.
Sitting slows down circulation and blood stagnates. Long periods of inactivity and sitting can destroy the heart of people who sit for long periods, deep vein thrombosis of the calf can develop. It is harmful to sit with your legs crossed, because you can press on the popliteal artery, which will cause the veins to become blocked.
Clothing and shoes should not be tight, as this can also slow blood flow. Walking on grass, dirt or just barefoot around the house improves circulation and strengthens the heart. Congenital weakness of the venous wall and insufficiency of the venous valves predispose to the onset of the disease. Ulcers can develop over time due to poor blood supply.
One of the early symptoms of the disease is a feeling of heaviness in the legs, dull or sharp pain and cramps at night. If left untreated, varicose veins eventually become hard and thick, and ulcers and bleeding often appear on the legs.
Dilated veins that form in the scrotum are called varicocele (dilated veins of the spermatic cord). If they appear in the rectum, then they are called hemorrhoids.
Phlebitis (vein inflammation), enlarged ulcers, severe itching, skin discoloration (which often turns copper-red) are common complications of this condition. But only a small percentage of those with varicose veins develop varicose ulcers. People with varicose veins are thought to have congenital veins with weak walls.
But weak vessel walls are most likely the result of poor diet, toxemia, innervation (decreased nerve condition) and lack of exercise. In most cases, when varicose veins form during pregnancy, they disappear after delivery. With the help of enough active physical exercises, varicose veins that appeared during pregnancy can be eliminated even when a woman is in a position.
Failed surgery to remove or drain the veins Using elastic stockings or bandages to support the veins is only half the measure and eventually leads to such weakening of the tissue that the condition becomes chronic or much more difficult to treat.
How to prevent varicose veins:
- Avoid sitting for a long time in one position so that the muscles do not become numb and standing for a long time;
- Perform daily physical exercises for your legs: often climb on your toes, climb stairs, swim, walk 1-3 km, stay in a pose with your legs raised above the level of your heart for at least an hour;
- Do not gain extra weight.
What medicines help with varicose veins?
Mikulin's exercises are very effective for cleaning blood vessels: rise up on your toes so that your heels are separated from the floor by 1-2 cm, and then suddenly descend on them. After doing this 30 times, rest for 10 seconds. The exercise should be performed calmly, slowly, 3-5 times a day, each time no more than 60 heel strikes on the floor.
Fill a half-liter bottle with birch buds up to 1/3 of the volume and pour vodka up to the neck. Leave for 10 days with occasional shaking. Lubricate painful places with this tincture.
Wash 3 medium-sized Antonovka apples with cold water. Place them in an enameled container and cover with 1 liter of boiling water. Insist for 3 hours, tightly wrapped. Then crush the apples and strain the resulting infusion. Drink 50 liters daily in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before going to bed. Prepare the infusion and take it until the condition improves.
In the treatment of vein blockage, you must simultaneously bathe and drink decoctions of various medicinal plants: chamomile, succession, branches of oak, chestnut, willow.
For baths: take 500 g (in winter - 300 g) of oak branches and the same amount of chestnut and willow branches, put in an enamel bucket, pour cold water over it, boil and cook for 30 minutes. Then add 200 g each of herbs: marshmallow, succession, chamomile, St. John's wort and leave overnight. Separately cook or steam 3 loaves of rye bread and pour the broth into the tub. Take a bath every day before going to bed for 30-40 minutes. at 38-43°C.
At the same time, you need to boil 1 liter of boiling water, a mixture of 1 tbsp. l. oak branches, 1 tbsp. l. willow branches and 1 tbsp. l. chestnut branches, cook for 30 minutes, add 1 tablespoon to the broth. l. herbs: marsh fox, succession, chamomile, St. John's wort, leave for 12 hours, strain and add 2 tbsp. l. med.
Drink 2-3 times a day, 50 ml for the first 2 days, then 100 ml for 2 days. the rest of the day 150 ml. It lasts 20 days, a break of 5-10 days. And repeat the course of treatment again.
- For varicose veins and thrombophlebitis: powder of plantain leaves, rue and yarrow flowers, white willow bark (best cambium), chestnut fruits or flowers, marshmallow or raspberry root (you can use flowers and even leaves) and chamomile, taken in equal partsratios, mix well, boil 600 ml of boiling water, 2 tbsp. l. the mixture, bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat, then insist overnight. Drink 3/4 cup in the morning and evening. Use the rest to make a poultice for the night.
- Thrombophlebitis can be cured by taking an infusion of nettle leaves and a long-term diet (do not eat meat, fish, anything fried). Infusion of nettle: 1 tbsp. l. boil the leaves with a glass of boiling water, leave for 40 minutes, strain. Drink 1-2 spoons. l. 3-4 times a day before meals.
- For varicose veins: 2 times a day, in the morning and in the evening, rub apple cider vinegar on all affected areas and at the same time drink apple cider vinegar: 2 teaspoons. for 1 glass of water 2-3 glasses a day. Abundant wetting and rubbing with alcohol tincture of white acacia flowers dissolves swollen venous nodes well.
- For varicose veins, baths made from a decoction of willow bark are useful: boil 2 handfuls of bark with 5 liters of boiling water, put on low heat and heat for 30 minutes, strain.
- For thrombophlebitis: apply to the painful area 1-2 times a day for 1. 5-2 hours. l. bodyagi, insist 2 hours.
- A decoction of oak bark has a firming effect, like resin, on the internal vessels. 1 st. l. boil the bark with 1 cup of boiling water, heat on low heat for 25 minutes, leave for 40 minutes, strain. Drink 1 tbsp. l. Zraza the day before eating.
- Boil 1 cup of boiling water 1 tbsp. l. crushed leaves or hazelnut bark and insist for 6 hours. Drink 3/4 cup 3-4 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating for a month.
- Pour 1 glass of vodka 2 tbsp. l. crushed fresh kalanchoe leaves and leave for a week. Rub the affected legs with this tincture for a month.
- Grind freshly picked leaves and heads of silver wormwood well in a mortar, mix 1 tbsp. l. cooked raw materials and 1 tbsp. l. sour milk or sour cream, apply an even layer on gauze and apply this gauze to places with enlarged veins for 1. 5-2 hours. Apply such dressings for 4-5 days. After 2-3 days, the treatment can be repeated.
- For varicose veins: early in the morning, before sunrise, in clean cotton socks on dewy grass, so that the socks are well soaked with water. When the sun comes out, you have to walk in these socks, don't take them off until they dry.
Exercises: lying down, lift the right leg up, relax it as much as possible and shake the foot sharply. Put your foot down. Do the same with the other leg. Repeat 10-20 times. And so - several times a day. The bigger the better. Walking and moderate exercise are the best prevention against varicose veins. From time to time it is necessary to take the "legs above the head" position. In general, all leg-raising exercises are beneficial.