Myths about varicose veins. Myth 2: you can live with varicose veins all your life

Beginning of a cycle of articles about varicose veins: Myths about varicose veins Myth 1: it will pass

We continue to acquaint you with common myths and the most frequent mistakes of patients, due to which they do not turn to specialists or do so too late.

The second myth. ""Nothing terrible will happen. My grandmother (mother, father, grandfather, aunt) lived with varicose veins all her life, and nothing""!

Such a short-sighted and inadequate attitude towards one's health originates from the time when people were not sufficiently aware of their illness and no one paid special attention to it. This is a sign of the so-called phenomenon of ""unrealistic optimism"", unjustified, unfounded. However, the times of ignorance are behind us, the availability of information and the possibilities of medicine are completely different now. While unfounded optimism and inactivity can play a bad joke with the patient's body.

Varicose veins are insidious in their complications!

The special insidiousness of varicose veins lies in the fact that its manifestations are minimal for a long time. Symptoms remain unexpressed for a long time, unpleasant sensations are tolerable. Only a cosmetic defect that can be put up with for a long time causes concern. Therefore, patients are in no hurry to see a specialist. However, once they appear, varicose veins never disappear by themselves, they only increase over time. At the same time, complaints intensify, violations of venous blood circulation progress imperceptibly for the patient, leading to the development of complications. Moreover, the consequences of this disease are quite pronounced, dangerous and dramatically complicate the treatment process.

1. Development of thrombophlebitis. When varicose veins become too large, they retain a significant amount of ""extra"" blood. This, in turn, leads to blood stagnation and, as a result, to an increased risk of blood clots in varicose veins. Such a complication, which is called thrombophlebitis, threatens life. The danger lies in the fact that with decompensation of venous blood circulation in the lower limbs, pathological (abnormal) connections between superficial and deep veins develop. In the presence of such pronounced changes, the spread of blood clots from superficial veins to deep ones becomes the most likely. When blood clots get into deep veins, their thrombosis develops, and this is already a very serious and dangerous disease. Migrating through the deep veins in the bloodstream, blood clots enter the vessels of the heart and cause thromboembolism of the pulmonary artery, which in most cases ends fatally.
2. Trophic skin changes. At the stage of development of complications, various changes in the skin of the lower legs appear. It all starts with the appearance of small dark spots that itch. They remain like that for a long time. These changes are called venous eczema and are allergic in nature. They arise against the background of pronounced changes in venous blood circulation, in which the microcirculatory channel is affected, that is, there is a massive involvement of skin capillaries in the pathological process and a violation of skin nutrition. Therefore, such changes are called trophic. Gradually, changes in the skin become more common, the skin thickens in some places, and in some places - on the contrary, it thins, becomes prone to allergic or infectious lesions. Subcutaneous tissue is involved in the process. It is absolutely malignant, irreversible. The skin changes that have taken place are no longer visible, even after the treatment. It is only possible to stop their development through active surgical care.
3. Appearance of trophic ulcers. The last phase of the disease is characterized by the appearance of trophic ulcers on areas of altered skin. Such ulcers are extremely difficult to heal due to a pronounced violation of venous blood flow, as well as gross and significant violations of microcirculatory circulation, the development of paradoxical connections of the arterial and venous channels, as well as long-term tissue allergy and susceptibility to infectious complications. Treatment of such ulcers is a separate problem and is impossible without the correction of venous blood circulation disorders, which can only be solved surgically. In turn, surgical treatment in such a situation is dramatically complicated for technical reasons. It is no longer possible to use standard approaches when performing operations. At the same time, surgical interventions at this stage of the disease are technically difficult due to the high risk of developing postoperative complications. At this stage of the development of the disease, a ""closed circle"" is formed, when the violations are maximal, and the possibilities of treatment are minimal or too complicated and technically impossible.
4. Bleeding from varicose veins. This is a rather dangerous complication of varicose veins. The fact that a patient with varicose veins is never ready for it. Due to too high pressure in varicose veins, such bleeding is always very intense. As a rule, the patient gets scared and gets lost in such a situation. Therefore, massive blood loss occurs, often life-threatening.

Therefore, patients' high hopes for the harmlessness and safety of varicose veins are completely unjustified. The earlier the treatment is started, the more treatment options can be offered to the patient, and the more chances for a complete and quick recovery. The main problem in this case will be only finding a qualified specialist who can choose and offer the patient the most adequate and acceptable treatment method for his stage or a combination of such methods.

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