Things You Thought Wrong About Varicose Veins

Most people, even those who are health conscious, give very little attention to the condition

of their veins. This is probably because they are not aware about the consequences of having venous

diseases. Varicose vein is just one of the diseases the veins can have. It is characterized by large and

twisted veins in the legs.

Instead of knowing basic facts about it, misconceptions are more popular. Firstly, it is not true

that varicose veins are just considered as a cosmetic problem. Truth is, it is a medical problem that can

become a root cause of other severe health problems like phlebitis and deep vein trombosis. Another

important truth is aside from women and old people, men can also acquire this disease. Women are

considered more prone than men since pregnancy affects the circulatory system and the hormones.

Having a work that involve standing for a long period of time usually results to having varicose veins.

This disease, when detected early through vein screening process, is easy to cure. But this

does not happen most of the time because people tend to look for bulging veins on their legs before

they take some action. Instead of visiting clinics to have a check up, some believe that taking pills or

putting cream will treat varicose veins, which is very wrong. It is also not true that only surgery can cure

varicose veins. Other modern treatments that can cure serious cases of varicose veins are sclerotherapy,

endovenous laser treatment, and radiofrequency occlusion. Doctors know and decide what is best for

a particular patient according to how severe their disease is upon diagnosis. Most of the mentioned

treatments require small amount of time to and all of them treats the disease successfully. Elevating

your legs after a tough exercise can help but doing so is not a preventive approach to having serious

varicose vein condition.

We hope that this information influenced you to take good care of your veins by having a

monthly vein screening process and to try the side-effect free treatments mentioned above if needed.