1, avoid standing for a long time, and prevent the lower limbs from carrying loads. For teachers, salespeople, hostesses and other people who have been standing for a long time, once varicose veins appear, they should change their occupations as soon as possible to avoid aggravating their illness and leading to complications.
2. Patients with mild varicose veins and no obvious clinical symptoms can apply elastic bandages or leggings to wrap their calves for a long time to prevent their further development. People who stand for a long time can also use elastic bandages to prevent varicose veins.
3. Correct leg exercises, such as lying on the mattress, pedaling a bicycle, kicking, bending the leg and stretching the leg, can enhance the muscle elasticity of the leg, help blood return and slow down varicose veins.
4, can cooperate with physical therapy such as * * * and infrared baking lamp, which can promote blood circulation, help blood return and reduce venous pressure.
5. Avoid bumping your feet and legs, because varicose veins form venous nodules, which are thin and often attached to atrophic skin. Minor injuries cause rupture and bleeding, and this bleeding is not easy to stop. In addition, the local blood circulation of varicose veins is disturbed, and once the skin lesion is broken, it is not easy to heal. Because the erosive ulcer has not been closed for a long time, it is easy to infect and cause serious complications. Excessive scratching can also cause the above injuries. Therefore, patients with varicose veins should avoid leg abrasions and excessive scratching.
The harm of varicose veins Varicose veins are the most common diseases in the venous system. The main reason for the formation is that the congenital vascular wall membrane is weak or rarely changes the same posture for a long time, blood accumulates in the lower limbs, and the venous valve is damaged over time, resulting in an increase in venous pressure, which is a symptom of blood vessels protruding from the skin surface. Varicose veins mostly occur in lower limbs, and others include scrotal spermatic cord, abdominal vein and gastroesophageal vein. Varicose veins can also occur. Is varicose veins serious? Let's get to know each other.
The harm of varicose veins is 1. Edema: the symptoms of edema are not obvious, which are aggravated at night and have a feeling of swelling and pain.
Harm of varicose veins II. Skin pigmentation: Long-term venous hypertension leads to the increase of capillary permeability of leg, and after exudation, red blood cells rupture and iron protein is deposited under the skin, which turns the skin black and develops from punctate to flaky.
The harm of varicose veins. Bleeding: The skin of patients with varicose veins is very fragile, which is easy to rupture varicose veins and cause massive bleeding.
The harm of varicose veins. Ulcer: The most common consequence of varicose veins is that skin nutrition changes caused by varicose veins lead to ulcers. This kind of ulcer can last for a long time, and local stench and pus will have a serious impact on daily life.
The harm of varicose veins. Venous thrombosis: some patients can form thrombosis in the superficial veins of varicose veins, which is characterized by local redness and pain, hard mass formation and pain affecting walking. If not treated in time, thrombus may spread upward or spread to deep vein through communicating vein, leading to deep vein thrombosis, which is life-threatening together with pulmonary embolism.
After reading the above hazards, patients can know the severity of varicose veins.
How to treat varicose veins can also be said to be an occupational disease, characterized by "crawling" with "small earthworms" on the legs. Although it is painless at first, if the disease continues to develop, a series of complications may occur, leading to serious consequences. So how to treat varicose veins is a problem that everyone cares about. There are two ways.
First, varicose veins fitness exercise
1, Gong Zhuang: regulating qi and blood, stimulating healthy qi, dredging collaterals and promoting yang.
2. Lift your feet high: lifting your feet 2-3 times a day, even higher than your heart, will make the blood circulation of your feet and legs strong, and the blood of your lower limbs will return to your lungs and heart at a faster speed, so that your head can get enough fresh blood and oxygen, which is also good for the reflex zone and acupoints of your feet.
3.* * * Foot: After washing your feet, rub it with your hands and gently rub it on the relevant parts or acupoints. It can be a whole foot massage or a local massage, and massage Yongquan Point, Taichong Point or Taixi Point. Can be used for preventing and treating insomnia, anorexia, dizziness, dull complexion, hypertension, fatigue and constipation.
Second, internal massage therapy.
1. Stripping adhesion, straightening bones and muscles, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dredging collaterals and guiding stagnation, with a unique method.
2. Ventilate internal qi, use human body heat to detoxify and dissolve thrombus, diuretic and clear heat, reduce swelling and relieve pain.
3. Massage the meridians such as kidney meridian, liver meridian, pericardium meridian, tonify kidney and yin, warm meridians and dispel cold, soothe the liver and strengthen tendons, and regulate qi and blood.
4. By regulating qi and benefiting qi, dredging blood vessels, improving and eliminating tissue edema and blood circulation, repairing damaged or necrotic muscles and nerve tissues, and achieving comprehensive and complete recovery of blood vessels.
Precautions after varicose veins surgery will not affect any daily activities. Just like not having surgery, you must walk boldly and continue your daily activities. It is normal to feel nervous in your legs after walking. Don't mistakenly think that you need to lie down and rest after surgery, and don't be lazy, otherwise there is a risk of venous thrombosis. Pay attention to the following points after varicose vein surgery.
1. When leg ulcer is complicated with acute infection, you should lie down and rest, raise the affected limb, treat acute surgical infection as usual, give sulfonamides and antibiotics, and then operate after the infection is really controlled.
2. Many patients feel faint pain and discomfort after operation, and the pain gradually disappears naturally without taking painkillers. If the leg pain is really unbearable, you need to contact your doctor and take vodka or aspirin. No antibiotics are needed. Don't add any more after taking the medicine. There is no need to lose the anti-inflammatory medicine.
3. The dressing change time is twice: after operation 1 week, after operation 15-20 days. You can also make an appointment to find a doctor to change the dressing yourself.
Avoid infection: after operation, it is necessary to keep local dryness, do not enter water, and avoid sweating dressing in hot weather.
When sleeping at night, you can put a pillow or cotton pad on your leg to raise the affected limb. The height of the height should be consistent with the length of your feet, so as to eliminate the risk of edema; 2-4 days after operation, it is normal for some people to have mild edema on the instep and ankle, which will disappear in the future, so don't worry.
Prevention of varicose veins varicose veins are mainly caused by the injury of venous valves in lower limbs. Experts pointed out that the main feature is that blood vessels protrude from the skin surface, like earthworms, winding and uneven. Varicose veins of lower limbs have no symptoms in the early stage, which is easy to be ignored and ignored. Generally, after a course of more than 10 years, with venous blood return and congestion aggravating, it will gradually cause edema of lower limbs, skin color blackening (pigmentation) of lower legs, stasis dermatitis, venous thrombotic pain and even ulcers. Therefore, it is very necessary to learn how to prevent varicose veins.
Prevention of varicose veins during work is as follows.
1. If you work standing for a long time, you can always squat a few times in your spare time. No matter how busy you are, you can do this kind of activity. If possible, wear elastic socks or bandages at work, which is the best preventive measure.
2. If there is no interval exercise in your work unit, you can do some activities within your power without affecting your work. The simplest and most effective activity is to squat down first and then stand up, and repeat it several times, which can accelerate the venous blood return of lower limbs and reduce venous pressure. Exercise between classes and classes is one of the preventive measures and should be actively involved.
3. If you are a worker who often sits in an office, you can bend over and stretch your legs 10 minutes at work and do 1-2 times every half day, which can prevent varicose veins of lower limbs.