Varicose veins are an extremely unpleasant disease of blood vessels. It is believed that it affects only the veins on the lower limbs, and in the risk zone are exclusively women. This is a great misconception. Symptoms of varicose often occur in men. And with the expansion of deep veins - vessels, located under the skin and invisible to the naked eye - specialists face often enough.
Why do the symptoms of varicose veins appear?
Varicose enlargement develops as a result of a violation of normal blood flow. This is mainly due to the fact that the veins lose elasticity, stretch, and the valves in them cease to perform their functions. The latter are needed just to ensure the movement of blood and not let it stagnate in the veins. Otherwise, varicose veins are almost inevitable.
One of the most common causes of the symptoms of varicose veins of the legs, hands and internal veins is hereditary predisposition. So if one of your relatives has suffered from this disease, you will have to pay more attention to the health of your veins.
Women do suffer from the disease most often. And the reason for this is the love for stylish high-heeled shoes. Because of her legs are in constant tension, the veins with a fairly high pressure, which leads to a violation of blood flow. Among other causes of varicose veins:
- overweight;
- wearing tight shoes;
- sedentary lifestyle;
- pregnancy;
- smoking;
- alcohol abuse;
- hormonal disorders;
- age-related changes (most often the disease begins to develop in women older than 45 years);
- diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Symptoms of varicose veins of upper and lower extremities
There are several main stages of the disease. They often determine the symptoms of ailment:
- Varicosity at the initial stage is characterized by cosmetic symptoms. Most often this formation on the skin of the venous network - the so-called asterisks. They can be noticeable all the time or appear only after physical exertion.
- In the second stage, the patient begins to feel physical discomfort, pain, subsiding at rest. The person is constantly haunted by the constant heaviness in the legs, very often the limbs become edematous. Most patients complained of rapid fatigue and a sharp decrease in performance.
- If the disease is not paid attention, it will develop until the third stage. At this stage, patients often suffer from seizures. Pain and other symptoms in the legs with varicose at this stage become even more pronounced, they also add a feeling of numbness and loss of sensitivity of the limb. Some face dermatological problems: the appearance of a rash, severe itching, burning.
- In the most difficult fourth stage, the skin produces trophic ulcers, thrombophlebitis develops, and wreaths are observed.
As a rule, the symptoms of varicose veins on the hands and feet appear already at the initial stage. Thanks to this, you can start treatment in time and quickly get rid of the disease. If the struggle is delayed, there is a high probability of encountering unpleasant complications of the disease:
- eczema;
- severe venous bleeding , which is very difficult to stop with injuries;
- skin ulcers.
The main symptoms of internal varicose slightly differ from signs of the usual form of the disease. But due to the fact that the affected veins are not visible, people very often do not attach any importance to them, referring to specialists only as a last resort. That's why doctors recommend to undergo examination immediately if there is discomfort in the limbs, swelling, pain.