With varicose veins, blood stagnates inside the valves of the blood vessels, causing the veins to expand and swell. The process is accompanied by a change in their color. The veins, usually on the legs, take on a purple or blue tint, become noticeable (protrude from the surface of the skin). Varicose veins are considered a cosmetic defect, but some people susceptible to this pathology suffer from physical ailments.
Medicines for varicose veins relieve the following symptoms:
- pain (especially when walking);
- pockets;
- feeling of heaviness (or fullness) at the site of the varicose veins;
- seizures (more often at night);
- cutaneous modification and appearance of concomitant pathologies (dermatitis, eczema).
Important! It is impossible to completely cure varicose veins, but various therapeutic methods help to limit the manifestations of pathology and its further development.
How to recognize the first signs of varicose veins?
To start the treatment of varicose veins on time, you need to know what symptoms indicate impending disease. There are 6 stages of varicose veins:
- the onset of the disease, which is indicated by edema, heaviness in the legs and nocturnal cramps of the muscles of the lower leg, a nightly change in temperature of the legs - they are hot or cold;
- the first stage is characterized by the appearance of spider veins;
- on the second, thickening of the veins and formation of nodules on them;
- the third severe swelling of the legs is added in the evening.
The last two stages are the formation of trophic ulcers. The change in skin color on the legs in the affected areas should also alert. It takes on a brown tint. The greatest success of the treatment can be obtained at the initial and initial stages. Therefore, at the first symptoms, it is necessary to consult a doctor and start treatment.
The problem of varicose veins is particularly acute in pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. The manifestations of the disease significantly worsen the disease and the possibilities of treating it are limited. Therefore, in evaluating drugs for varicose veins, we will pay attention to the possibility of its use during these times.
Groups of drugs used to treat varicose veins
For the treatment of varicose veins, several types of drugs are used: ointments, creams, tablets, injections. All drugs belong to one of the following groups:
- Disaggregators. Medicines that relieve pain and accompanying symptoms (fever, burns, headache). They also tend to thin the blood. With varicose veins, drugs in this group are often prescribed in the form of tablets or injectable solutions.
- Phlebotonic. They are used in the treatment of chronic varicose veins. The drugs increase the elasticity of blood vessels and strengthen their walls, as well as improve blood microcirculation. With prolonged use, phlebotonics stop the symptoms of varicose veins and prevent the further development of the pathology.
- Anticoagulants. Anticoagulant drugs. They are used to reduce the visibility of the veins, reduce swelling. They have an essentially cosmetic effect.
- Antioxidants. They are used to speed up the outflow of fluid, increase elasticity, and strengthen blood vessels. Antioxidants help fight the cosmetic manifestations of varicose veins (venous network), but they also have a therapeutic effect.
Also during treatment, the doctor may prescribe decongestants, saline injections.
Important! In addition to drugs, compression hosiery is used to combat the manifestations of varicose veins. It may be special stockings or tights that slow down the progression of the pathology.
Disaggregants
Disaggregants or antiplatelet agents should only be used after consulting a doctor or for a short time. Medicines in this group thin the blood, so they can cause a number of side effects:
- prolonged bleeding;
- drop in blood pressure (blood pressure);
- dizziness, feeling sick.
Important! An absolute contraindication to their use is heart failure (regardless of the stage of the disease).
Taking acetylsalicylic acid per se is dangerous, as side effects may develop (in particular, a sharp decrease in the rate of blood clotting).
Important! Antiplatelet agents, together with anticoagulants, increase the risk of thrombosis, so the use of drugs from these categories is recommended separately.
Phlebotonic
Preparations of the phlebotonic group have a complex effect on the body. Together with varicose veins, they perform the main therapeutic functions: they increase the elasticity of blood vessels and stabilize the flow of blood.
Most effective substances in this category:
- Rutoside. Refers to vitamins of group P. The substance is contained in several dosage forms (in particular, in tablets). Rutoside is found in vegetables, fruits and berries.
- Pentoxifylline. It has a positive effect on blood microcirculation and on its rheological properties (fluidity, viscoplasticity). Medicines containing pentoxifylline also work on the blood vessels to increase their elasticity.
- Hesperidin. A substance that reduces the elasticity of the veins, reduces blood congestion and the permeability of the capillary walls. Also has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
Preparations in this group are extracted from natural compounds. Due to their natural origin, drugs have minimal 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 is in the form of a solution for injection. It is administered either intravenously (in particularly severe cases) or subcutaneously (as part of complex therapy).
Important! The above drugs should not be used for bleeding and pregnancy. In addition, anticoagulants are not recommended for women during lactation (breastfeeding).
Antioxidants
Antioxidant drugs are more often used to prevent or reduce the risk of progression of varicose veins. These drugs are optional.
Additional recommendations
To relieve the painful symptoms of varicose veins, you should take hot or hot baths, exercise, and go to the bath more often. The set of exercises depends on the stage of the disease.
In addition, direct exposure to sunlight (and, in principle, any warming of the area of localization of the pathology) helps to combat varicose veins. But when using this method, it is important to use products with a sun protection factor, so as not to accelerate skin aging and increase the risk of developing cancer.
Tablets for varicose veins
Self-medication for varicose veins is the most popular method of treatment. The internet is full of miracle recipes for apple cider vinegar, leeches and other magical technologies, and our fellow citizens readily believe it. Varicose veins can now be treated inexpensively or even free of charge by certified specialists, but miracle shamans are still very popular. These are probably vestiges of the early community system of our ancestors. Only pain can cause a person to run after a doctor, we will diligently smear uncomplicated varicose veins with various unpleasant things in the hope that one day they will resolve themselves.
Medicine against varicose veins
The vast majority of people, choosing between surgical treatment of any disease (in our case, with varicose veins) and possible non-invasive treatment, whether it is capsules, tablets for varicose veins, gels, ointments, herbs and infusions, will choose the latter, in particulari of all the screens they will diffuse on their effectiveness and the uselessness of any operation. The amount of information for narcotic 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 coating their healthy legs with a miracle cream or takingmiracle pills.
So what to do and take in case of varicose veins?
Before offering to contact our center as standard, we will tell you about the really effective methods that could well facilitate the progression of the disease.
In this section, we suggest forgetting the terribly effective pills that “help” with varicose veins and remembering the traditional and proven methods.
Massage and bath for varicose veins
Massage, unlike many cheap advertising phlebotonics, is a method of active treatment of varicose veins, helping in the prevention of edema, even the elimination of puffiness, lower limb fatigue andto the reduction of general fatigue of the body.
The Innovative Vascular Center applies all types of modern massage, in particular for pathologies of the lymphatic and venous systems. Among the exclusive methods is the technology of lymphatic drainage massage with bandage, 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. Combining this technology with the bandage 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 only provides temporary relief. We use manual lymphatic drainage in patients with severe edema in patients with lympho-venous insufficiency. It is not necessary to be afraid of "tearing blood clots" with such treatment, but in case of exacerbation, it should not be used.
But the bath is quite another matter: with varicose veins, thrombophlebitis of the lower limbs or post-thrombotic disease, it is very dangerous. Any heat stress can cause blood clots to form in the deep veins, carried along by the blood flow, with all the consequences that follow. Dehydration in the bath causes the blood to "thicken". Don't put yourself at unnecessary risk. Varicose veins in the bath will not go away, and thrombophlebitis may occur.
Laser treatment of varicose veins
Varicose veins - a disease that does not tolerate deposits during treatment. Not paying enough attention to the course of the disease, a person himself, without knowing it, worsens his situation, increasing the likelihood of an operation.
Medicine is growing every day and it is good that today there are alternatives to surgery - treatment of varicose veins with a laser.
Laser treatment for varicose veins is the same effective method as surgery, but absolutely painless treatment.Unlike taking medication, a special advantage is its speed. Laser treatment is used in hospitals, beauty salons, when it is necessary to remove a slight degree of varicose veins - spider veins.
First, the doctor injects the patient with pain relievers and uses a laser to stick the damaged veins together. After such a procedure, the patient should wear compression underwear for a year.
The first results are visible within 5-7 months after laser treatment. Many patients prefer this solution to the problem, because laser therapy, unlike pills and other drugs, is quick, cheap, effective, and does no harm.
Folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins
It sometimes happens that due to an individual intolerance to pills and drugs, a person is forced to give up traditional treatments for varicose veins.No need to be upset, because the natural ingredients are included in the same creams, ointments and other preparations.Many harmful chemicals are added to them on their own.
However, it should be remembered that all folk remedies are effective only at the initial stage of varicose veins. Traditional medicinal recipes, like traditional medicines, aim to improve blood circulation.
Before the appearance of effective drugs in the fight against varicose veins, our ancestors used homemade creams, ointments, infusions, lotions made from the leaves of birch, chestnut, burdock, apple cider vinegarapple, hops, calendula. These drugs treated no worse than many modern drugs and expensive pills.
For example, a natural medicine made from infused crushed Kalanchoe leaves was rubbed on the legs for a month, the pain syndrome disappeared, and the veins became less visible. A similar natural preparation worked quite well and was clearly not inferior to pills.
With pronounced symptoms that bring inconvenience and discomfort to everyday life and the suspicion of varicose veins in the legs, you do not need to independently prescribe pills and drugs. It is recommended to consult a phlebologist who will professionally select an individual remedy for the treatment of varicose veins.
Horse chestnut
In traditional medicine, the first place belongs to the horse chestnut tree. 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, thins 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 to proteins and fix them on the vascular wall, thus increasing its strength;
- rutin reduces the permeability of the vascular wall; Kaempferol
- helps regenerate tissue, heals ulcers and has anti-cancer effects.
The result of using horse chestnut folk remedies is achieved with treatment of course. It results in decreased edema, swollen veins, heaviness, itching and pain disappears. The downside of horse chestnut is the inability to cure it while carrying a baby and breastfeeding. Like any folk remedy, it is only an adjunct to drug therapy. Effective drugs have been created based on horse chestnut extract.
Apple cider vinegar
Even official medicine recognizes its benefits for the treatment of varicose veins. A huge amount of useful substances - acids, amino acids, vitamins and minerals - allows you to fight against several manifestations of varicose veins at once. Applying apple cider vinegar allows:
- normalize vascular tone;
- increase the elasticity of the skin and prevent the thinning that usually accompanies the disease;
- eliminate the swelling;
- increases the tone of smooth muscles;
- relieves inflammation with the antiseptic properties of apple cider vinegar.
Commercial apple cider vinegar is not suitable for the treatment of varicose veins. The homemade version is easy to make yourself with fresh apples. There are two possible ways to use - external and internal. For baths, compresses, wrapping and watering, concentrated vinegar is used. For oral administration, it must be diluted. The tool can be used only when there is no threat of blood clots.
Compression aids
Compression stockings and knee socks represent 50% of success in treating varicose veins. Their main goal is to improve the functioning of the mechanism of the venous valve, the venous-muscular pump and microcirculation, that is, the ability of capillaries to absorb extracellular fluid. These goals are achieved by applying pressure to the muscles in specific places. There is a preventive underwear, there is a medical one. The more severe the stage of the disease, the more pressure should be exerted from the stockings. The prophylactic is available for sale, the drug is sold only on prescription.
Wound Healing Bandages
The late stages of varicose veins are characterized by the appearance of trophic ulcers. It is a serious illness that often requires hospital treatment and nursing care. To help with trophic ulcers, different means are used depending on the condition and stage of treatment. One of them is a healing dressing to help cleanse the wound and absorb the exudate.
Our review is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation for the use of the above treatments for varicose veins. Specific appointments can only be made by the attending physician, depending on the patient's condition and the individual characteristics of his body.
Effective drugs for the prevention of thrombosis in varicose veins
Thrombophlebitis is a common complication of varicose veins of the lower extremities, especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Low molecular weight heparin is a drug proven to prevent vascular thrombi. For the prevention of thrombophlebitis after the treatment of varicose veins in our clinic, tablets are used. The duration of treatment with pills is 7 days after laser or radiofrequency surgery.
It is better to come to see a phlebologist, then, as a specialist with higher medical training, he will conduct a comprehensive examination and prescribe adequate treatment, including drug therapy (the best tablets for hate varicose veins), but the most effective remedy for varicose veins will be - laser coagulation.
Remember that the best cure for any disease and even varicose veins is an active and healthy lifestyle. Therapeutic exercises, walks in the fresh air strengthen the venous wall better than any pill. The right way of working and resting, the use of an elevated position to relieve tension in the legs, swimming in the sea and in swimming pools - these measures are the best preventive and curative measures. Don't assume that if the packaging of anti-stax pills 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.