Varicose veins is a disease of the veins, which is expressed by an increase in their size, a change in shape and a 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 predominate.
The development of varicose veins is facilitated by difficulties with the outflow of blood through the venous system during prolonged systematic stay on the legs associated with professional activities, compression of the pelvic veins by the uterus during pregnancy, congestion in the veins of the pelvis, for example, with systematic constipation, sedentary work, etc.
Sitting slows circulation and causes blood to pool. Long periods of inactivity and sitting can destroy the heart of people who sit for a long time, and deep vein thrombosis in the calf can develop. It is harmful to sit cross-legged, as you can put pressure on the popliteal artery, which will cause congestion in the veins.
Clothes and shoes should not be tight, as this can also slow down the flow of blood. 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 disease. Ulcers can develop over time due to malnutrition with blood.
One of the first symptoms of the disease is a feeling of heaviness in the legs, dull or sharp pain, and night cramps. If left untreated, varicose veins become hard and dense over time, and leg ulcers and bleeding often develop.
Varicose veins that form in the scrotum are called varicoceles (varicose veins of the spermatic cord). If they appear in the rectum, then they are called hemorrhoids.
Phlebitis (inflammation of the veins), varicose ulcers, severe itching, discoloration of the skin (often turning coppery red) are common complications of this condition. But only a small percentage of those who have varicose veins develop varicose ulcers. People with varicose veins are thought to have congenital weak-walled veins.
But most likely, weak vascular walls are the result of poor nutrition, toxemia, innervation (reduced nervous state) and lack of exercise. In most cases, when varicose veins form during pregnancy, they disappear after delivery. With the help of sufficiently active physical exercises, varicose veins that have arisen during pregnancy can be removed even when the woman is in a position.
Failed surgery to remove or drain veins The use of elastic stockings or bandages to support the veins is only a half measure and eventually leads to such weakening of the tissues 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 go numb and stand for a long time;
- Perform daily physical exercises for the legs: often raise your toes, climb stairs on foot, swim, walk 1-3 km, stay in a pose with legs raised above heart level for at least an hour ;
- Do not gain excess weight.
What remedies help varicose veins?
Mikulin's exercises are very effective for cleaning the vessels: rise on your toes so that the heels leave the floor by 1-2 cm, and then sharply fall on them. After doing this 30 times, rest for 10 s. The exercise should be performed calmly, slowly, 3-5 times a day, each time with no more than 60 heel strikes on the floor.
Fill a half-liter bottle with birch buds up to 1/3 of its volume and pour vodka up to the neck. Leave for 10 days, shaking from time to time. This tincture to lubricate sore spots.
Rinse 3 medium Antonovka apples under cold water. Put them in an enamel bowl and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Insist 3 hours, well wrapped. Next, crush the apples and strain the resulting infusion. Drink 50 li daily in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before going to bed. Prepare the infusion and drink until the condition improves.
In the treatment of blockage of veins, you need to simultaneously take baths and drink decoctions of various medicinal plants: chamomile, succession, oak branches, chestnut, willow.
For baths: take 500 g (in winter - 300 g) of oak branches and the same number of chestnut and willow branches, put them in an enameled bucket, pour cold water, bring to a boil and boil for 30 minutes. Then add 200 g of herbs each: cudweed marshmallow, succession, chamomile, St. John's wort and leave overnight. Separately, boil or steam 3 loaves of rye bread and pour the broth into the bath. Baths should be taken daily at bedtime for 30-40 minutes. at 38-43°C.
At the same time you need to brew 1 liter of boiling water, a mixture of 1 tbsp. oak yoramas, 1 tbsp. willow yoramas and 1 tbsp. chestnut yoramas, boil for 30 minutes, add to the decoction 1 tbsp. Herbs: marsh grass, succession, chamomile, St. John's wort, leave for 12 hours, strain and add 2 tbsp. yomiel.
Drink 2-3 times a day, in the first 2 days 50 ml, then 2 days 100 ml. the rest of the days, 150 ml. The course of treatment is 20 days, a break of 5-10 days. And again repeat the course of treatment.
- With varicose veins and thrombophlebitis: plantain leaf powder, rue and yarrow flowers, white willow bark (preferably cambium), chestnut fruits or flowers, marshmallow or raspberry root (you can have flowers and even leaves) and chamomile, taken in equal proportions. mix well, brew 600 ml of boiling water 2 tbsp. Imix, bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat, and then insist overnight. Drink 3/4 cup morning and night. From the rest make a compress for the night.
- Thrombophlebitis can be cured by taking an infusion of nettle leaves and following a diet (do not eat meat, fish, anything fried) for a long time. Nettle infusion: 1 tbsp. Iprepare the leaves with a glass of boiling water, let stand for 40 minutes, strain. Drink 1-2 tbsp. I3-4 times a day before meals.
- With varicose veins: 2 times a day, morning and evening, rub apple cider vinegar into all affected areas, and drink apple cider vinegar at the same time - 2 tsp. for 1 glass of water 2-3 glasses a day. Abundant moistening and rubbing with alcohol tincture of white acacia flowers well dissolve inflamed venous nodes.
- With varicose veins, baths from a decoction of willow bark are useful: brew 2 handfuls of bark with 5 liters of boiling water, put on low heat and heat for 30 minutes, strain.
- With thrombophlebitis - apply to a sore spot 1-2 times a day for 1. 5-2 hours. yobodyagi, insist 2 hours.
- A decoction of oak bark has a firming effect, like resin, on the internal vessels. 1stI prepare the crust with 1 cup of boiling water, heat over low heat for 25 minutes, leave for 40 minutes, strain. Drink 1 tbsp. iZraza one day before meals.
- Brew 1 cup of boiling water 1 tbsp. Icrushed leaves or hazelnut bark and insist 6 hours. Drink 3/4 cup 3-4 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals for a month.
- Pour 1 glass of vodka 2 tbsp. ICrush the fresh Kalanchoe leaves and leave to act for a week. With this tincture rub the legs affected by the disease for a month.
- Thoroughly grind freshly cut leaves and heads of silver wormwood in a mortar, mix 1 tbsp. andcooked raw materials and 1 tbsp. andsour milk or sour cream, apply an even layer on gauze and apply this gauze to areas with dilated veins for 1. 5-2 hours. Such bandages should be applied for 4-5 days. After 2-3 days, the treatment can be repeated.
- For dilated veins - early in the morning, before dawn, in clean cotton socks on dewy grass, so that the socks are well saturated with water. When the sun rises, you must walk in these socks, do not take them off until they dry.
Exercises: lying down, raise your right leg, relax it as much as possible and shake your foot vigorously. Lower the leg. 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 position "legs above the head". In general, all exercises with leg raises are useful.