Surgery for varicose veins on the legs

A question recently asked by many people, is it necessary to have surgery for varicose veins on the legs? Is there any conservative treatment?

My answer is: If you want to cure varicose veins and get rid of the troubles of varicose veins, then surgery is the only way.

Why?

As the saying goes, we know ourselves and our opponents in a hundred battles. If we want to "defeat" varicose veins, we must first understand what varicose veins are.

Our human legs have arteries and veins. The arteries are responsible for supplying blood from the heart to the legs, just like the water in a snow-capped mountain that melts and continuously flows downstream; while the veins are responsible for transporting blood from the legs back to the heart. Like a river, you can collect water from creeks and small rivers, and then flow into the sea (heart).

In addition, the veins of our legs are divided into deep veins and superficial veins. Deep veins are like highways that can go directly to the capital (heart), while superficial veins are like national highways or county highways. You need to enter the highway before you can reach the capital.

Therefore, the venous blood flow direction of our lower limbs is: from bottom to top, from shallow to deep.

To maintain this direction of blood flow, the heart, breathing, calf muscles squeeze the blood vessels and valves in the veins to work together.

Among them, the venous valve is the most prone to problems. The venous valve is a small one-way open valve. When our venous blood returns upward, the valve opens, and when our venous blood returns downward, the valve closes. Therefore, normal and healthy venous blood can only flow upwards, not downwards.

However, this small valve is very easy to damage, just like the parts of our car, it may be congenital poor production, improper use, aging, wear, etc., which can cause damage to the venous valve. The consequence of valve damage is that it cannot maintain the unidirectional flow of blood in the veins of the lower extremities, which means that the blood will reflux downward, and the reflux will increase the pressure of the veins of the lower extremities. The increase in intravenous pressure will cause the veins to tortuous and expand, just like Like blowing a balloon, the veins in the legs are "inflated."

At this time, someone will ask, since the venous valve is broken, can it be repaired or replaced? Sorry, the human body is not a machine, and there is currently no feasible method.

At present, any drugs, health care products, Chinese medicines, etc. cannot reverse the damage of the valve. Therefore, anyone who claims that "can not perform surgery, through medication..." can treat varicose veins is a lie, please don't believe it.

Then I am more afraid of surgery and I am not mentally prepared yet. Is there any temporary conservative treatment?

Of course, if varicose veins are still relatively early or are not going to be treated for the time being, then conservative treatment can be done by wearing medical elastic stockings and improving lifestyle to delay the development of varicose veins and improve symptoms.

It is a pity that these conservative treatments cannot improve varicose veins, and can only maintain the status quo or delay the development.

So, let’s go back to the topic of this article. Do lower limb varicose veins have to be treated surgically?

The answer is yes. Varicose veins must be cured by surgery. However, the timing and method of surgery can be determined by a doctor after evaluation. In general, the current technology for the treatment of varicose veins is very minimally invasive, with a few small mouths. , You can walk down the ground when you are done, and you don’t need to be hospitalized, so you don’t have to be afraid of surgery.