Varicose veins
Varicose veins, is an enlargement, enlargement and rotation of veins in the leg often, veins return blood from the foot to the heart with the help of the muscles of the foot opposite gravity, there are valves in the veins prevent the return of blood in the opposite side, and when varicose veins fail These valves prevent the blood from going down, and usually varicose veins in the surface, to increase pressure on them, and often the problem aesthetic, and sometimes the varicose veins, especially when standing; the pressure increases in these veins.
The presence of varicose veins in the legs is an accidental disease has certain causes, and can be cured by medication, or surgery, and the presence of varicose veins in the painful and tired, and causes stress to the legs but not deformation.
Varicose stages
C0: Invisible and intangible.
C1: Retinal veins, a small expansion of blood vessels.
C2: It is divided into two parts: varicose veins with disease symptoms such as pain, varicose veins without symptoms.
C3: the stage where the fluid is collected.
C4: A stage in which the skin changes, and pigmentation appears.
C5: a stage that combines previous stages, in addition to ulcers in the skin but ulcers are not active.
C6: a stage that combines previous stages in addition to active ulcers.
Treatment of varicose veins
Many patients who do not have symptoms and have no changes in the skin of the legs from ulcers or change in color treated by reassuring them, and do not require surgery, except in the case of patients who want to process for the cosmetic, but in cases of skin change or ulceration Or bleeding of the skin, as well as in cases of recurrent varicose veins in the future; these things require surgical intervention and also require the use of duplex ultrasound, as well as varicose veins by injection.
It is recommended that patients with varicose veins not to lose weight permanently, as well as avoid infection by eating fresh vegetables, and also advised to lift his legs on a pillow during sleep, avoid carrying heavy objects, massage the two men, and avoid standing for long periods and prevent the use of pills for varicose veins.
One of the first methods of treatment, the most important: the use of compression elastic compression legs; it can be used in people who do not want to surgery, or until the date of the operation, or in elderly patients with diseases prevent the doctor from doing a process for them for fear of complications.
Socks
Socks raise the pressure on the ankle to 30 mmHg and raise the knee pressure to 15 mmHg. These socks are strictly forbidden to the area above the knee; they end up failing if placed above the knee.
Injection therapy
One of the so-called injection methods, where a substance called sodium tetradyl sulfate is injected, destroys the endothelial membrane that surrounds the blood vein, which then destroys and cements it. This reduces symptoms and improves the shape of the leg. This method is used in simple, primitive, .
Surgical treatment
In the advanced and complex cases we need surgical treatment. This method consists of two openings in the leg: the first at the top of the leg and the second above the knee. The doctor removes the vein by an iron wire inserted from one of the openings and connected to the main vein and then removed from the leg by Pull it out of the other slot.
Disadvantages of surgical intervention: the patient’s need for total anesthesia, postoperative pain, postoperative surgical leg marks, and postoperative recovery after a period of approximately one month.
Currently, with scientific progress, operations are done by laser, or thermal radiation. It is an interventional radiotherapy. It depends on the doctor identifying the affected vein using the sonar and the color Doppler, then inserting a thin intravenous catheter into the ultrasound direction. The catheter is a precise device that sends out laser or heat frequency waves, causing the vein to be closed and closed completely.
Laser operations
Laser surgery is one of the most successful operations of the disease. The patient can walk and move immediately after the surgery. The success rate is very high. It does not require total anesthesia. The patient can practice his activities and return to work within a few days.