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What are Varicose Veins ?
Varicose Veins are abnormally dilated serpiginous (snake like) & tortuous veins of superficial venous system seen in the legs, They may be red, blue or purple in color.
Note: Varicose Veins are only seen in human beings because of their upright / erect posture.
Why do we get Varicose Veins ?
These are seen in the superficial veins of legs due to following main reasons i.e.,
- Damage of valves within the veins.
- Over dilatation of veins/ venous stasis.
- Improper muscular contractions of legs.
What happens when impure blood gets accumulated in legs ?
- Blood gets accumulated (stagnated) in the veins and leads to over-dilatation and tortuosity of the veins.
- Sometimes these veins ruptures & leaks out the blood into the subcutaneous tissue (under the skin) and later turned out into blackish patches.
- This impure blood contains excess fluid and minerals/ metals like iron etc, which will be deposited in the subcutaneous tissues (under the skin) leading to blackish pigmentation.
The above abnormalities causes following features :
Swelling
Blackish discoloration
Eczematous Dermatitis
Itching & Burning Sensation
Cellulitis
Ulcer
Who are prone to develop Varicose Veins ?
Software Professional
Teachers
Lecturers
Police Constable
Traffic Police
Security Guard
Bus Conductor
Sales man
Pregnancy
Obesity
Old Age
Deep Vein Thrombosis DVT
What precautions we have to take ?
Stockings
Resting the limbs
Exercises
Exercises
Elevation of Limbs
What happens if Varicose Veins are neglected (Complications) ?
- Chronic uncontrollable skin infections (Stasis/ eczematous dermatitis)
- Cellulitis (infection of superficial tissues) / Thrombophlebitis (inflammation of the veins)
- Healing ulcers would turn into Non-healing ulcers.
- Wound infections.
- Blood clotting (Thrombosis) within the veins
- Sometimes the clot/thrombus may get dislodged and propagate to other places & cause problems in those areas, for e.g. in the heart & lungs.
How to diagnose/confirm Varicose Veins?
- Clinical examination by Endovascular interventional Radiologist and Colour Doppler test.
What is the treatment for it ?
In earlier days conventional/open surgery was the only choice, where they used to do procedures like Ligation/ Stripping of the veins which was invasive.
Now a days with the advent of laser, the outcome of the treatment is drastically changed.
LASER is the procedure where superficial vein in the leg is punctured with a needle without cuts. Then laser fiber is introduced into the vein through the needle under ultrasound guidance. After assuring its correct position, firing of laser starts from above downwards occluding the vessel. The vessel then starts shrinking with approximation of its walls over next few days resolving the problem of venous stasis.
Sometimes in few cases, a follow up procedure called SCLEROTHERAPY (ablation of veins by using some chemicals) may be needed to treat the residual dilated varicosities.
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