Self-treatment of varicose veins is the most popular method of therapy. The Internet is full of wonderful recipes for apple cider vinegar, leeks and other magical technologies, and our citizens are eager to believe it. Varicose veins can now be treated cheaply or for free by certified professionals, but miracle shamans are still a great success. Probably these are the remnants of the primitive community system of our ancestors. Only pain can make a person run after a doctor, and we will diligently infect the varicose veins, which are not very complicated, with various dirty things, in the hope that they will be resolved one day.
Treatment of varicose veins
The vast majority of people will choose between surgical treatment of any disease (in our case, with varicose veins) and possible non-invasive treatment, capsules, tablets for varicose veins, gels, ointments, herbs and infusions. Especially if they will be broadcast from all screens about the effectiveness and futility of any operation. The amount of information for confused patients can be estimated by the number of advertisements for medications and creams for varicose veins on all federal channels where happy girls easily run away after rinsing their healthy feet with miracle cream or taking miracle pills.
Are the representatives of pharmaceutical companies and various traditional healers so honest and what is the effectiveness of all these wonderful medicines?
The goal of drug treatment for venous pathology is to reduce symptoms and prevent complications, but these goals are not easy to achieve. The abundance of tools that can be applied today has led to another problem: which one will you choose? However, for varicose veins, almost any remedy, although highly effective, is not effective enough, despite the theoretical expediency of its use. This is due to many reasons, the main of which is the low absorption of these drugs by the body. Ideal drugs for varicose veins should have an effect on all pathogenetic links of chronic venous insufficiency, as well as minimal side effects and high absorption by the body. There are many phlebotropic drugs in the modern drug market. However, the drugs and the active ingredient are similar (plant flavonoids - diosmin), and therefore the effectiveness of one or another depends only on the concentration and assimilation of the active principle. The most popular are tablets for varicose veins and capsules: gels such as diosmin, rutoside, troxevasin, etc.
Experience has shown that if you take these pills for varicose veins, neither varicose veins, nor trophic ulcers, nor spider veins will pass, and you will not expect more varicose veins to disappear from these phlebotonics themselves. There may be a decrease in edema in the legs and the disappearance of nocturnal cramps.
List of popular drugs for the treatment of varicose veins with low efficiency:
- Diosmin;
- Rutoside;
- Troxevasin.
Do gels, decoctions, tablets and ointments help against varicose veins?
It is easier and cheaper to take a pill, infuse, or infect inflamed veins, but such effective miracle treatments have not yet been invented, and the long-term results are the opposite, but self-hypnosis can work a miracle. It's up to you whether you throw money away or not. Because varicose veins are a very common disease, selling drugs for varicose veins in the legs has become a lucrative business for pharmaceutical companies.
Patients who are offered treatment for varicose veins are always interested, and patients are afraid of any surgical help because the veins in the early stages of the disease are not disturbed. Pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of money to convince the public and even doctors that varicose veins are best without pills. Servier has been successful in this regard, organizing conferences and "research" and buying popular phlebologists to gain the authority to increase pill sales.
There are also folk remedies to "get rid" of varicose veins:
Soda, mummy, iodine, peroxide, soap, clay, onions, cabbage, propolis and other varicose veins can miraculously get rid of varicose veins, nets, as well as kidney and gallbladder stones, tumors and gangrene. Ordinary people believe in this nonsense without understanding the causes and consequences of the disease. Thousands of articles on the Internet about magic pills and treatment of varicose veins in the legs are confusing patients.
What to do with varicose veins and what to do?
In general, before we suggest you to contact our center, we will tell you about really effective methods that can facilitate the course of the disease.
In this section, we suggest you forget about the very effective pills that "help" varicose veins and remember the traditional and proven methods.
Massage and bath for varicose veins
Unlike many cheap phlebotonics advertised, massage is an active treatment for varicose veins that helps prevent edema, eliminate swelling, lower extremity fatigue, and reduce overall body fatigue.
The Innovative Vascular Center uses all modern types of massage, especially for pathologies of the lymphatic and venous systems. One of the special methods - lymphatic drainage massage technology with banding, which very effectively eliminates chronic venous insufficiency.
In chronic venous insufficiency, massage is used to relieve venous hypertension in varicose veins and post-thrombotic syndrome. The combination of this technology with banding allows you to effectively eliminate all the clinical manifestations of the disease.
Therapeutic massage is a very effective tool for the symptomatic treatment of varicose veins in the legs, but only provides temporary relief. We use manual lymphatic drainage in patients with severe edema in patients with lymphovenous insufficiency. There is no need to be afraid of "tearing blood clots" with such treatment, but it should not be used in case of inflammation.
But the bath is a completely different matter: it is very dangerous with varicose veins, thrombophlebitis of the lower extremities or post-thrombotic disease. Any heat stress, along with all the subsequent consequences, can cause blood clots in the deep veins carried by the bloodstream. Dehydration in the bath causes the blood to "thicken". Do not expose yourself to unnecessary risks. Varicose veins from the bath will not disappear, and thrombophlebitis may also occur.
Creams and gels for varicose veins
Despite the high effectiveness offered by vendors and manufacturers, creams and gels do not relieve varicose veins and dilated veins do not disappear from them. Doctors who make an appointment in the early stages of venous insufficiency do not strongly object to the use of these "phlebotropic" substances, because friction acts as a mild massage and promotes venous flow and has a sedative effect on the skin. vessel walls. With advanced forms of venous insufficiency, these creams and ointments can cause dermatitis and allergies, so they are very harmful. Heparin drugs are used in the development of acute thrombophlebitis and help reduce the inflammatory process, but varicose veins do not disappear from them. Shamanic products have gained great popularity among people thanks to proper advertising with beautiful female legs, however, they have nothing to do with drugs, women and even leeches, and there is no reason to expect them. And even if almost all reviews, regardless of price, rating or well-known name, talk about drops like phlebotonics, the best and cheapest medicine in the world, where 100% of patients are treated, no drop will work. The best solution is to contact a well-involved physician who will prescribe a comprehensive mini-invasive or drug treatment and adjust your lifestyle.
Effective drugs for the prevention of thrombosis with varicose veins
A common complication of varicose veins of the lower extremities is thrombophlebitis, especially during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Low molecular weight heparin is a proven drug for the prevention of vascular thrombi. Our clinic uses Harelto or Prodax tablets to prevent thrombophlebitis after treatment of varicose veins. The course of treatment with pills is 7 days after laser or radiofrequency intervention.
This article is written as a warning to people who are tired of reading special reviews: "I recently bought cheap pills like pentoxifylline, I have been receiving treatment for two days, 1 tablet a day and it only gets better every day - the stars are gone in my legs like fatigue, anti-inflammatory effects and capillary growthI recommend to all women, remember the name - Pentoxifylline - there is no better pill to find at such a price "or, conversely, waste your energy, time and money using lists of drugs that are less or not proven effective. The list of tablets for varicose veins in the legs is growing every year, but the active ingredients remain the same. These are diosmin, rutoside, heparin and some. Only names are changed to increase sales. Carefully read the composition of these drugs.
It is better to come to consult a phlebologist and then as a highly educated specialist will conduct a thorough examination and prescribe adequate treatment, including medication (the best tablets for disgusting varicose veins), but still the most effective treatment for varicose veins will be laser coagulation.
Remember that the best remedy for any disease, and even varicose veins, is an active and healthy lifestyle. Therapeutic exercise, walking in the fresh air strengthens the venous wall better than any pill. Proper work and rest, use a high position to reduce tension in the legs, swimming in the sea and pool - these measures are the best preventive and curative measures. If the packaging of the tablets says "made from grape leaves", do not think that there are no more chemicals. Why poison with ineffective drugs, if with their help it is impossible to remove varicose veins.