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How to prevent pain
Pain in the legs, varicose veins and swelling greatly complicate the life of each, from whom they appear. Save the health of their feet is not all succeed, but it is possible if you follow the simple advice.
Move
Easy walking, hiking, swimming significantly improves blood circulation in the legs, body healthy veins. It is necessary to give the feet a moderate load and avoid standing too long, which causes congestion.
The heart pushes oxygen-rich blood to the organs - is arterial blood, and then returns it to the venous oxygen deprivation. This is a normal rhythm, which is particularly active in the movement. When there is no movement, the process is broken, and venous blood becomes difficult to climb back to the heart - there is stagnation, pain, and then the other problems.
The best sports for healthy feet is swimming or just walking. The damage, especially if the existing problems can bring running, tennis, collective sports.
Not gaining weight
Excess weight is always a negative impact on the state of the feet. Physical inactivity leads to problems with veins, and if there is extra weight, they only compounded. According to statistics, four out of five people suffering from varicose veins
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, Are overweight.
When fat mass begins to increase in volume, exceeding the muscle, veins lose elasticity. We must remember that the feet take up two-thirds of our weight, so what it is, the greater the load on them is necessary.
Age and hereditary factors can also affect the tendency to varicose veins, so at a young age to pay attention to whether there is a varicose someone in the family and to take precautions.
If there are disturbing signs, you should not wait until the veins seem to mesh surface - easy to get rid of it. On the other hand, no need to panic if the pain, heaviness, tingling, appeared after a certain load because it is a normal reaction. If the concern is justified, it is not necessary to wait, and it is better to go to a specialist.
Prevention at home
- Try, if possible in the supine position to keep his feet raised above the head. Cross them is not recommended.
- Try as little as possible to occupy a fixed position for too long to sit.
- Avoid overheating - this also applies to sunbathing and water treatments (hot tubs, saunas). Heat enhances the veins and the need to do just the opposite - to try to narrow them, treating cool water while taking a shower.
- Pick up shoes in size, which does not compress the leg, avoid too long high heels.
Most doctors recommend to their patients suffering from varicose veins, wearing compression stockings
Compression stockings - check with your doctor
and stockings. They relieve pain and is a preventive measure, as a beneficial effect on blood circulation. In appearance, these details do not differ from the usual, which are used to all the women.
Surgery
There are several techniques that help resolve the problem with the veins - to remove extensive grid to make the veins less eliminate pain and bloating.
If the veins are small and not too pronounced, it is often recommended to sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy - the fight against varicose veins
. In the vein type chemical (liquid or thicker), which causes them to shrink, away to the surface of the skin. If the veins are large, sometimes resort to excision, but this operation requires a recovery period of about a month, when you have to interrupt your work.
There are also minimally invasive operating techniques, microsurgery, which does not require inpatient rehabilitation and is performed under local anesthesia. Laser avoids surgery.
In the vein problems can not be ignored, because there is a risk of complications. Vienna may burst, there phlebitis (acute inflammation of the vein), which will require more serious treatment. The best way to avoid these troubles - from the beginning to pay attention to the health of the feet, following simple rules.