With varicose veins, the blood stagnates inside the blood vessels of the valves, causing the veins to expand and swell. The process is accompanied by a change in their color. Veins usually get a purple or blue hue on the legs, become noticeable (protrude beyond the skin surface). Varicose veins are considered a cosmetic defect, but some people who are susceptible to this pathology experience physical ailments.
Varicose veins medicines help relieve the following symptoms:
- pain (especially while walking)
- swelling;
- feeling of heaviness (or fullness) at the site of localization of varicose veins;
- seizures (more often at night)
- skin modification and the appearance of concomitant pathologies (dermatitis, eczema).
Important! It is impossible to cure varicose veins completely, but various therapeutic methods help to limit the manifestations of pathology and its further development.
How are the first signs of varicose veins recognized?
To start the treatment of varicose veins in time, you need to know what symptoms indicate an impending disease. There are 6 stages of varicose veins:
- onset of the disease, which is indicated by edema, heaviness in the legs and night cramps in the leg muscles, changes in the temperature of the legs at night - they are hot or cold
- the first step is characterized by the appearance of spider veins;
- on the other, thickening of the veins and the formation of nodules on them;
- the third adds severe swelling of the legs in the evening.
The last two phases are the formation of trophic ulcers. The change in the skin color of the legs in the affected areas should also be noted. It gets a brown hue. The greatest success in treatment can be achieved in the initial and first phase. Therefore, at the first symptoms it is necessary to visit a doctor and begin treatment.
The problem of varicose veins is especially acute in pregnant and lactating mothers. The manifestations of the disease greatly aggravate the condition and the possibilities of treating it are limited. Therefore, we assess varicose veins attention to the possibility of use during these periods.
Groups of medicines used to treat varicose veins
Several types of drugs are used to treat varicose veins: ointments, creams, tablets, injections. All medicines belong to one of the following groups:
- Disagree. Drugs that relieve pain and concomitant symptoms (fever, burning, headache). They also tend to dilute the blood. For varicose veins, drugs from this group are often prescribed in the form of tablets or injectable solutions.
- Flebotonics. They are used to treat chronic varicose veins. The drugs increase the elasticity of the blood vessels and strengthen their walls as well as improve blood microcirculation. With long-term use, phlebotonics stop the symptoms of varicose veins and prevent further development of pathology.
- Anticoagulants. Anticoagulants. They are used to reduce the visibility of the veins, reduce swelling. They have a predominantly cosmetic effect.
- Antioxidants. They are used to speed up fluid flow, increase elasticity and strengthen blood vessels. Antioxidants help fight the cosmetic manifestations of varicose veins (reticular veins), but they also have a therapeutic effect.
Also during treatment, the doctor may prescribe decongestants, injections of saline.
Important! In addition to medicine, compression stockings are used to combat manifestations of varicose veins. It can be special socks or tights that limit the development of pathology.
Disagree
Disaggregants or platelet therapy agents should only be used after consultation with a physician or for a short period of time. Drugs from this group thin the blood so that they can cause a number of side effects:
- prolonged bleeding
- drop in blood pressure (blood pressure)
- dizziness, malaise.
Important! An absolute contraindication to their use is heart failure (regardless of the stage of the disease).
Taking acetylsalicylic acid by itself is dangerous as side effects can develop (especially a sharp drop in blood clot rate).
Important! Antiplatelet agents combined with anticoagulants increase the risk of thrombosis, so the use of drugs from these categories is recommended separately.
Flebotonics
Preparations from the phlebotonics group have a complex effect on the body. With varicose veins, they perform the most important therapeutic functions: they increase the elasticity of blood vessels and stabilize blood flow.
Most effective drugs in this category:
- Rutoside. Refers to group P vitamins The substance is contained in several dosage forms (especially in tablets). Rutoside is found in vegetables, fruits and berries.
- Pentoxifylline. It has a positive effect on blood microcirculation and its rheological properties (fluidity, viscoplasticity). Pentoxifylline medications also act on blood vessels to increase their elasticity. Hesperidin. A substance that reduces the elasticity of the veins, reduces blood load and the permeability of the capillary walls. Also has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect.
Preparations from this group are extracted from natural compounds. Due to their natural origin, medicines have a minimum of side effects.
Anticoagulants
Preparations from the group of anticoagulants have anticoagulant properties. A popular drug in this category is heparin. It is a direct-acting drug. It comes in the form of an injection solution. It is administered either intravenously (in particularly severe cases) or subcutaneously (as part of complex therapy).
Important! The above medicines should not be used for bleeding and pregnancy. Anticoagulants are also not recommended for women who are breast-feeding (breast-feeding).
Antioxidants
Antioxidant drugs are used more often to prevent or reduce the risk of varicose vein progression. These medications are optional.
Additional recommendations
To relieve the painful symptoms of varicose veins, take warm or hot baths, exercise and take a shower more often. Sets of exercises depend on the stage of the disease.
Also direct exposure to sunlight (and in principle any heating of the area for localization of pathology) helps with varicose veins. However, when using this method, it is important to use products with a sunscreen factor so as not to accelerate skin aging and increase the risk of developing cancer.
Tablets for varicose veins
Self-medication of varicose veins is the most popular treatment method. The internet is full of miracle recipes for apple cider vinegar, leeches and other magical technologies, and our fellow citizens willingly believe in it. Varicose veins can now be cured cheaply or even for free by certified specialists, but miracle shamans are still very popular. Probably these are remnants of our ancestors' primitive communal system. Only pain can make a person run after a doctor, we will diligently lubricate uncomplicated varicose veins with various ugly things in the hope that one day they will resolve.
Medicine for varicose veins
The vast majority of people choose between surgical treatment of any disease (in our case of varicose veins) and possible non-invasive treatment, be it capsules, tablets for varicose veins, gels, ointments, herbs and infusions, choose the latter, especially if theyfrom all screens broadcast about their efficiency and uselessness in any operation. The amount of information for anesthesia patients can be judged by the number of advertisements for pills and creams for varicose veins on all federal channels, where happy girls easily run after lubricating their healthy legs with a miracle cream or taking miracle pills.
So what to take and take in case of varicose veins?
Before the standard offer to contact our center, we will tell you about really effective methods that may well ease the course of the disease.
In this section, we suggest forgetting the terribly effective pills that "help" with varicose veins and remember the traditional and proven methods.
Massage and bath for varicose veins
Massage, unlike many cheap phlebotonics from advertising, is a method of actively treating varicose veins that helps prevent edema, the actual removal of swelling, fatigue in the lower extremities and reduction of general body fatigue.
The innovative vascular center uses all types of modern massage, especially for pathologies of the lymphatic system and the venous system. Of the exclusive methods is the technology of lymphatic drainage massage with banding, which very effectively relieves chronic venous insufficiency.
In chronic venous insufficiency, massage is used to eliminate venous hypertension in varicose veins and post-thrombotic syndrome. The combination of this technology with banding allows you to effectively eliminate all clinical manifestations of the disease.
Therapeutic massage is a very effective remedy for the symptomatic treatment of varicose veins on the legs, but it provides only temporary relief. We use manual lymphatic drainage in patients with severe edema in patients with lymphatic venous insufficiency. There is no need to be afraid of "tearing blood clots off" with such a treatment, but in case of exacerbation it should not be used.
But the bath is a completely different matter: with varicose veins, thrombophlebitis in the lower extremities or post-thrombotic disease, it is very dangerous. Any thermal stress can provoke the formation of blood clots in deep veins carried with the blood flow with all the consequent consequences. Dehydration in the bath leads to "thickening" of the blood. Do not expose yourself to unnecessary risks. Varicose veins from the bath do not disappear and thrombophlebitis may very well occur.
Laser treatment of varicose veins
Varicose veins - a disease that can not tolerate deposits in the treatment -
. Not paying attention to the course of the disease, a person unknowingly aggravates his situation and increases the likelihood of surgery.
Medicine is evolving every day, and it is good that today there are alternatives to surgery - treatment of varicose veins with a laser.
Laser treatment of varicose veins is the same effective method as surgery, but absolutely painless treatment.Unlike medicine, a particular advantage is its speed. Laser treatment is used in hospitals, beauty salons when it is necessary to remove a mild degree of varicose veins - spiders.
First, the doctor injects the patient with pain medication and uses a laser to glue the damaged veins together. After such a procedure, the patient must wear compression underwear for one year.
The first results are visible within 5-7 months after laser treatment. Many patients prefer this solution over the problem because laser therapy unlike pills and other drugs is fast, inexpensive, effective and does not hurt.
Folk medicine for the treatment of varicose veins
Sometimes it happens that a person is forced to give up traditional treatments for varicose veins due to individual intolerance to pills and drugs.No need to be disturbed because natural ingredients are included in the same store-bought creams, ointments and other preparations.Many harmful chemicals are added to them alone.
However, one must not forget that all folk remedies are effective only in the onset of varicose veins. Traditional medicinal recipes, like traditional medicines, aim to improve blood circulation.
Before effective drugs in the fight against varicose veins appeared, our ancestors used homemade creams, ointments, infusions, lotions from birch leaves, chestnut, burdock, apple cider vinegar, hops and calendula. Such drugs treated sore legs no worse than many modern drugs and expensive pills.
For example, a natural medicine from infused crushed Kalanchoe leaves was rubbed into the legs for a month, the pain syndrome disappeared, and the venous nets became less visible. Such a natural preparation worked quite well and was clearly not inferior to pills.
With pronounced symptoms that cause discomfort and discomfort in everyday life and suspicion of varicose veins in the legs, you do not need to independently prescribe pills and medication. It is recommended to visit a phlebologist who professionally chooses an individual remedy for the treatment of varicose veins.
Horse Chestnut
In folk medicine, horse chestnut belongs to the first place. The effectiveness of the treatment of varicose veins is due to the content of several substances in the plant:
- escin strengthens the walls of blood vessels, dilutes the blood and has an antibacterial effect;
- esculin prevents the formation of a vascular network (strengthens capillaries and other small vessels) and blood clots;
- tannins have the ability to bind protein and fix it to the vessel wall, thereby increasing its strength;
- routine reduces the permeability of the vascular wall;
- kaempferol helps tissue regeneration, heals wounds and has anti-cancer effects.
The result of the use of folk medicine based on horse chestnut is achieved with course treatment. It is expressed in a decrease in edema, swollen veins, heaviness, itching and pain disappear. The downside of horse chestnut is the inability to treat it while carrying a baby and breastfeeding. Like any folk medicine, it is only a supplement to drug therapy. Effective drugs are created on the basis of horse chestnut extract.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Even official medicine recognizes the benefits of treating varicose veins. A huge amount of nutrients - acids, amino acids, vitamins and minerals - allow you to fight multiple manifestations of varicose veins at once. Use of apple cider vinegar allows:
- normalize vascular tone;
- increases the elasticity of the skin and avoids the thinning that usually accompanies the disease;
- remove swelling;
- to increase the tone of smooth muscles
- relieves inflammation due to the antiseptic properties of apple cider vinegar.
Commercial apple cider vinegar is not suitable for treating varicose veins. The homemade version is easy to make even with fresh apples. There are two possible ways to use it - externally and internally. Concentrated vinegar is used for bathing, compaction, wrapping and dousing. For oral administration it should be diluted. The tool can only be used in the absence of a threat of blood clots.
Compression aids
Compression stockings and knee heights are 50% of the success of treating varicose veins. Their main purpose is to improve the function of the venous valve mechanism, the venous-muscular pump and the microcirculation, i. e. the ability of the capillaries to absorb extracellular fluid. These goals are achieved by putting pressure on the muscles in certain places. There is a preventative underwear that is a medical. The more severe the stage of the disease, the more pressure the stockings should exert. Prevention is available by free sale, medicines are sold only on prescription.
Wound Healing Dressings
Later stages of varicose veins are characterized by the appearance of trophic wounds. This is a serious condition that often requires hospitalization and nursing care. To help with trophic ulcers, different means are used depending on the condition and the stage of treatment. One of these is a healing dressing that helps cleanse the wound and absorb exudate.
Our review is for informational purposes only and is not a recommendation for the use of the above treatments for varicose veins. Specific appointments can only be made by the attending physician based on the patient's condition and the individual characteristics of his body.
Effective drugs for the prevention of varicose veins in the varicose veins
Thrombophlebitis is a common complication of varicose veins in the lower extremities, especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Low molecular weight heparin is a proven drug for the prevention of vascular thrombi. Tablets are used to prevent thrombophlebitis after treatment of varicose veins in our clinic. The course of treatment with pills is 7 days after laser or radiofrequency intervention.
It is better to come to a consultation with a phlebologist, and then he as a specialist with a higher medical education will conduct a comprehensive examination and prescribe adequate treatment, including drug therapy (the best tablets for hateful varicose veins), but the most effectivecure for varicose veins will still be -laser coagulation.
Remember the best remedy for any disease, and even varicose veins are an active and healthy lifestyle. Therapeutic exercises, walks in the fresh air strengthen venous wall better than any pill. The correct way to work and rest, the use of a raised position to relieve tension from the legs, swim in the sea and in the pool - these measures are the best preventive and curative means. Do not assume that if the packaging of antistax tablets says "made from grape leaves", they are no longer chemical preparations. Why poison yourself with ineffective drugs if it is impossible to remove varicose veins with their help.