Varico veins are characterized by an uneven extension of the lumen of the veins of the legs, the appearance of nodes and an increase in their length.The disease develops gradually, characterized by a chronic course.
Women suffer three times more often than men.And among the stronger sex representatives, faces tend to this disease who love the maximum distribution of sports: football, tennis, basketball.
Why is blood vessels expansion?
There are three types of veins in the tissues of the legs: superficial, deep, superficial and deep veins.Each vein is a hollow tube where the blood flows from the tissue of the legs into the heart.There is no muscle cell on the walls of the veins, so the vein cannot contract with the upward pressure of the blood.This task is performed by the skeletons of the legs.And the valves are located inside the veins - they close their wings during the reduction of the skeletal muscles, avoiding the reverse flow of the blood.All muscle contractions "push" blood.
When the valves are loosely closed, some of the blood flows back, stagnating in Vienna, on the walls, gradually stretching out.The lumen of the veins is expanded and the wall offers.This is the beginning of the varicose.
Factors provoking the disease:
- Heritage - With the congenital lack of collagen fibers, the vein wall is less flexible and prone to stretching.
- Blood stagnation in the veins of the legs, overweight and obesity, with more than 3-4 centimeters of heels, standing in a longer position in one place of certain professions and sellers, chefs, performers or persons near long session.
- Changes in the hormonal background: The increased content of progesterone in the blood of a pregnant woman is soft and tense, so the risk of varicos is suddenly increased during the child's time.
First signs of varicos - how not to miss
The alarm of the initial varicos can be considered at the moment when the vascular stars or vascular nets - reticular varicose veins appear on the skin of the legs.This is not a cosmetic error, but the beginning of the disease!
However, after a while, the second group of signals joins - a feeling of difficulty in the legs exploded in the legs after holding long or sitting on a chair.When a person begins to walk, the feeling of severity decreases: the skeletal muscles pour higher the stagnant blood and the stretching of the veins decreases.
The enhancement of the disease is shown in the leg edema - these are traces of socks, the thickening of one leg relative to the second, by visual examination.
Later, the pain of the calf muscles of the legs, when walking fatigue, dry skin and its pigmentation, protruding varicose veins and tropical ulcers.
When do you contact a vascular surgeon?
When the first vascular networks and stars appear, you should consult with a specialist and, if necessary, perform an ultrasound test of the veins of the lower limbs and perform varicose veins on the veins.The sooner they diagnose the diagnosis of varicos, the more chances are to stop in the initial stages.