What is Varicose Veins?
It thinks that the half of women suffer from this disease as well as 25 of every 100 men. Though some persons see the problem as something merely aesthetic, there are plenty of us who have important symptoms caused by the varicose veins. The above mentioned symptoms are not related to the thickness and quantity of the varicose veins; it is to say, some of them present small varicose vains they can have symptoms as intense as those that have big varicose veins.
The arteries take the blood from the heart to extremities. The veins help the blood to return to the heart. They are conduits that has valves that work as hatches that allows the blood to get trough as they opened and to prevent the blood to gets back as they get closed. If the valves do not work well, the blood does not flow towards the heart in an efficient way. The veins become tortuous and size increased because they are congested whit blood. These thick(bulky) and tortuous veins are the varicose veins. The varicose veins can be very superficial in the skin and they can be pretty small in red color, blue or purple and they are known commonly as " spider legs ". Those who are deeper are thicker.
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The cause of the varicose veins are the incompetence of the valves.
The right picture shows a varicose vein with incompetent valves.
Why do varicose veins develop?
The inheritance(heredity) is the number one factor for having varicose veins. The women are more inclined to suffer from this disease. More than 50 % of women in Mexico suffers them.
The hormonal changes during the puberty, the pregnancy and menopause; as well as the use of oral contraceptives or medicines that contain oestrogens and progesterone they are factors in order that the disease develops in some women.
Pregnancy is a condition that can favor the appearance of varicose veins because of the increase of hormonal levels, as well as the growth of the uterus, which presses the veins of the pelvis and prevents the blood of the legs comes back freely.
To major number of pregnancies more possibility of suffering varicose veins.
Other factors include occupations in which it is necessary to remain standing during long periods of time, obesity and traumatism in the legs.
How does Flebology help?
The flebology is the field of medicine that treats the diseases of the veins and in Europe has more than 50 years of development and in The United States 20. Clinica VENARLI Laser, is attended by a General Surgeon with special interest in Flebology who´s a member of the American College of Phlebology. The Clinic was founded in 1985, by the Doctor Samuel Homero Charles Medina (General and Vascular peripheral Surgeon)
When and how must they treat the varicose veins?
The most frequent questions are: do my varicose veins need treatment? And what treatment is the best?. The patients who have veins that give an evil aspect to their legs or they cause pain or others of the mentioned symptoms befoe, are candidates for receiving the treatment. Two general options of treatment exist: The conservative type, as the elastic socks and the corrective methods as the esclerotherapy, surgery and laser technics. In some cases the combination of these treatments will give the best of the results.
In Clinica VENARLI Laser, we will advise you to choose the method that better fits you, since we use all.
What results can be waited?
With the evaluation methods and treatment that exists today, the varicose veins can be treated with results that are not obtained by the traditional methods. The results depends always on the review and procedures are operated by medical qualified personnel, in Clinica VENARLI Laser, we are at your service.
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