In the initial stages, the disease rarely bothers patients.However, the presence of advanced veins, even if they do not yet bother, already carries a great danger to life, since at any moment the most dangerous complication may arise -thrombophlebitis.
With varicose veins, damaged valves allow blood to penetrate the surface venous system, as a result of which there is an increase in pressure, which leads to their expansion.The blood flow slows down, the power of tissues with oxygen decreases, ulcers occur.
Causes of the disease:
- heredity;Hereditary weakness of blood vessels
- Long static loads
- A sedentary lifestyle
- taking hormonal drugs and hormonal disorders
- pregnancy
- Leg injuries
- lifting severity, overload (for example, sudden start of active training after several years of inactive lifestyle)
- smoking
At riskpeople come in the same way both young and elderly people:
- Those who wear high heels;
- athletes whose classes are associated with a large leg load (tennis, heavy athletics, bodybuilding);
- The profession makes you stand on your feet during the working day, to be at the wheel, computer hairdressers, sellers, teachers, waiters and representatives of other professions who spend a lot of time standing;
- "Sitting" professions and those who really like to throw their foot on their feet;
- Fans of coffee and alcohol, because these products dehydrate the body and thereby thicken the blood, complicating its path back to the heart.
How to recognize the disease:
If by the end of the working day you feel the severity in the legs, and your favorite shoes have become cramped due to light edema, then these are the first signs.Periodically occurring convulsions, caviar pain should also alert.
Changes in the veins usually begin with small to the eye - with the appearance of vascular stars.
In the future, irreversible processes occur in large veins, they come to the surface, their walls in some places become thinner and they look knotted.
Food and diet
Diet for varicose veins is a maximum of vegetables and fruits, a minimum of salty and smoked.Diet with a low content of animal protein, fats and refined carbohydrates.Blood thickens from acute foods, which leads to the formation of blood clots.Vodka, cognac and whiskey act similarly.It is recommended to eat as little meat as possible.No wonder the Papuans and the peoples of the Far East, who prefer vegetarian food, never suffer from this disease.
Include fish, fresh fruits and vegetables, foods rich in fiber, with a high content of vitamin C, routine in the diet.From plant products, everything is useful.The principle of ABC is valid here, where a is carrots, B is a leaf salad, and C is greens and citrus fruits.Two more important vitamins should be added to this list, strengthening the walls of the vessels.This is vitamin E, which is contained in olive oil, and vitamin P, which is part of walnuts, green tea and rosehips.Vitamins C and E are components of collagen - connective tissue of veins and venous valves.In surprise, veins are surprisingly enriched with the necessary nutrients and make them more elastic sprouted grains of wheat and rye, as well as peas, beans and green onions.Garlic is a special place.
Scientists have proven that garlic has a beneficial effect on the blood.This is manifested in the prevention of the formation in the vessels of blood clots - blood clots that make it difficult or overlap the blood.
If we summarize almost thirty scientific experiments, during which the effect of garlic on blood viscosity was checked, then it can be determined briefly as follows: if you take garlic for a certain period of time, you can expect an increase in the level of dissipation of Intravascular Cloudings by 50%.In addition to contributing to resorption of blood clots in the blood, garlic also does not allow Thrombocytes to increase and compact, and, therefore, form blood clots.
Eat 2-3 cloves of garlic with food daily.This helps to reduce blood pressure, cleanse the vessels of atherosclerotic deposits, strengthen their walls and prevent varicose veins, etc.
Prevention:
If you have the initial signs of varicose veins, then compliance with fairly simple rules will slow down, and in some cases to avoid its further development.
- Do not get carried away with hot bathssauna, long stay in the sun.All of the above reduces venous tone, leads to stagnation of blood in the lower extremities.
- Move more.To strengthen the veins and improve blood circulation will help regular sports.Aerobics, running, swimming in moderate mode contribute to the healing of your veins.
- Reduce weight.People who suffer from overweight are especially susceptible to such a disease.In the blood vessels of the full person there is more blood than that of a person with normal weight, so such vessels account for too much load.We can give only one advice to people with overweight in such a situation - to lose weight and keep their weight constantly normal.
- Do not wear tight clothes, stocking and socks with tight elastic bands, as this leads to squeezing veins.But supporting tights and stockings help to prevent varicose veins.
- Alternate the load evenly, never remaining for a long time in the same position.
- Do not sit on your foot!When throwing one knee on another, an obstacle is created on the path of blood flow.
- Move.Varicose veins can cause prolonged standing, since in this case normal blood flow is disturbed.Try to move weight if you have to stand for a long time.Long -term sitting will also not benefit you: try to get up and move around the room from time to time or walk every half an hour.
- Exercise in the morning.Before going to bed and in the morning after waking up for 3-5 minutes, twisting the legs and feet - this improves blood circulation in the lower extremities.
- Do not wear heelsAnd cramped shoes.
- Pour legs with cold waterAfter work.
- Go on dew moreand the edge of the reservoirs in the summer.
If you are not sick with varicose veins, but only predisposed to it, for the prevention, daily self-massage will be useful, with soft strokes and kneading the legs from the bottom.
If the diagnosis of “varicose veins” is already made, the massage procedures of the legs are prohibited!
The lack of physical exercises and chronic constipation are factors that contribute to the development of varicose veins.
If you feel the severity in the night in the evening after a working day, during sleep and rest your legs should be kept in high condition.When you rest, read the book, watch TV - throw your legs higher.You can put a high pillow or roller.
If your work is accompanied by a long seat at the table or you are standing for a long time, then you should more often change the position of the legs, walk in place, rotate the feet.
After the shower or the adoption of the bath, rinse the legs with cold water.There are sports that are useful with this disease - this is, first of all, swimming, as well as walking, easy running, cycling, skiing.
Healing and therapeutic gymnastics:
The daily performance of special exercises will be very beneficial:
- Rise on socks.Starting positions - we stand straight, the feet are parallel to each other and pressed one to another.At the expense of once - go up to the socks, at the expense of two - go down to the starting position.Repeat 20-30 times.
- Rise (socks - apart).Starting positions - we stand straight, heels - together, socks - apart.At the expense of once - go up to the socks, at the expense of two - go down to the starting position.Repeat 20-30 times.
- Rise (heels - apart).Starting positions - we stand straight, socks - together, heels - apart.In this position at the expense of once - go up to the socks, at the expense of two - go down to the starting position.Repeat 20-30 times.
- Another useful exercise is the “bicycle” from the position of lying on the back.It is very important - when performing this exercise, straighten the legs to the end.
You can do these simple exercises, even doing everyday business (when you cook porridge or stand at the xerox in the office).Be healthy!