In daily life, many people will have a bulge in the calf area, which is called varicose veins of the lower limbs, also known as "earthworm legs".
Especially for some office women, the probability of this happening will be particularly high, and people's external image will be seriously affected.
If treatment and conditioning are not carried out early, it will also lead to a greater degree of health damage.
So, what are the health hazards of suffering from varicose veins in the lower extremities?
1. Affect the patient's normal behavior
After suffering from varicose veins in the lower extremities, patients experience repeated feelings of soreness in their legs during their daily lives.
Although this symptom is not very severe in the early stages, as the disease progresses, there will be a feeling of weakness, excessive heaviness, and edema in the affected limb area.
This discomfort can be very pronounced especially after the patient has been standing and walking for a period of time.
If the condition is severe, muscle spasms will occur repeatedly in the patient's calf area, which will affect the patient's normal movement to a certain extent.
2. Causes thrombotic superficial phlebitis
Once there is varicose veins in the lower extremities, the blood flow rate of the veins of the lower extremities is very slow, and the concentration of clotting factors will become higher and higher.
The elasticity of the blood vessel wall also decreases, which can induce the appearance of thrombotic superficial phlebitis.
The patient's diseased venous area will appear red and swollen cord-like, and there will be a particularly obvious feeling of tenderness and pain, and the local skin temperature will also rise, and there will be some pigmentation on the skin.
And because the patient will have a more obvious pain, the movement of the affected limb is restricted.
3. Acute lymphangitis
Long-term suffering from varicose veins of the lower extremities can easily lead to edema, congestion and thickening of the lymphatic vessel wall and surrounding tissues, thus inducing the appearance of acute lymphangitis.
After suffering from varicose veins in the upper and lower extremities, due to the failure to carry out corresponding treatment and conditioning as soon as possible, it will cause incurable ulcers, which will induce the emergence of acute lymphangitis.
Tenderness, infection, and local stiffness can occur in the affected limb, and may also be accompanied by headaches, fevers, and loss of appetite.
4. Induce stasis dermatitis
Stasis dermatitis is also known as stasis eczema, or varicose eczema. Due to varicose veins in the lower extremities, the return of the veins can be blocked, causing slower or reverse flow of blood, which can cause venous congestion. The oxygen content of the blood and the nutrients in the blood will also be greatly reduced.
The permeability of capillaries increases. Some metabolites will penetrate into the tissue, which not only easily causes edema, but also leads to infiltration of inflammatory cells, resulting in the appearance of stalt dermatitis. The patient has repeated skin itching, rough skin, thickening, and even cracking.
5. Blood vessel rupture and bleeding
Due to the long-term appearance of varicose veins, the walls of the veins become very thin, and the skin is prone to ulceration, which will lead to different degrees of rupture of the venous blood vessels.
If the bleeding is severe, the blood will appear to squirt and the affected patient's health will be.
All in all, if you suffer from varicose veins in the lower extremities and do not treat and regulate them early, it will cause the above five kinds of harm to the body. Therefore, after suffering from varicose veins, the patient must receive regular treatment.
In addition, you must rest appropriately in your daily life, and do not sit upright, stand or cross your legs for a long time.
Avoid high temperatures in the lower extremities, such as soaking your feet. Otherwise, the blood vessels will dilate, making the intravenous blood stasis worse.