VARICOSE VEINS
Complications of varicose veins
If you do not start treatment on time, varicose veins will progress and can provoke dangerous complications.
Chronic venous insufficiency
If varicose veins is not treated, severe venous reflux and venous congestion can lead to chronic venous insufficiency corresponding to stages 3-6 of varicose veins.
Chronic venous insufficiency can be accompanied by various complications caused by chronic disorders of venous circulation. This condition usually begins with edema followed by venous dermatitis, thrombosis, hyperpigmentation, and can also lead to skin necrosis and ulceration.
When skin necrosis or ulcers occur due to chronic venous insufficiency, surgical treatment is difficult, and non-surgical treatment such as ultrasound-guided vein sclerotherapy is recommended first.
Deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis is a condition in which a deep vein is blocked by a thrombus (blood clot). Deep vein thrombosis can occur in any vein in our body, but it is especially common in the leg veins. The legs are furthest away from the heart, and when the leg muscles are less active, blood clots are more likely to form due to stagnant blood. Symptoms usually appear on only one leg. Feeling of pain or heat along the blood vessels, when moving the leg may be tense and sore. The limb in which the blood clot has formed will soon begin to swell and become visually larger than the other limb. If you press your finger on the swollen area and then release it, the finger mark will remain as a depression in the skin. Due to deep vein thrombosis, the skin on the legs may become red or bluish.
- Immobility for a long time
- Congenital factors
- Taking oral contraceptives
- Exacerbation of chronic venous disease
※ Concave swelling of the limb : manifested when pressed with a finger and released - the pressure zone does not straighten
- Severe edema
- Leg pain
- Protruding blood vessels
- Legs temperature is higher than general body temperature
- Skin discoloration
Pulmonary embolism
If a blood clot that comes off in a deep vein blocks an artery going to the lungs, the lungs will not be able to function properly and supply the body with oxygen sufficiently.
This causes breathing difficulties and chest pain. Pulmonary embolism is a very dangerous complication, as there are cases of sudden death without visible characteristic prerequisites.
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