How dangerous is a varicose vein?

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We have heard about diseases related to veins, but not everyone understands the features and dangers of this disease. One of the diseases of the veins can include broken veins, especially leg veins. So is varicose veins dangerous?

1. What is Varicose Vein Disease?

Varicose veins is the most serious and dangerous complication of venous insufficiency. Due to the dysfunction, the amount of blood pooling in the veins increases gradually, until a certain point puts excessive pressure on the vessel walls, causing them to burst and lead to blood flowing out. This condition is extremely dangerous because if not intervened to stop bleeding in time, it will lead to blood loss and death. So what is varicose veins?
Chronic venous insufficiency is common in the lower extremities, is a venous disease when the veins (both deep and superficial venous systems) are dysfunctional, dilated with a system of valves. vein dysfunction. Venous insufficiency leads to hemodynamic disturbances, causing blood to stagnate in the veins and make it harder to return to the heart than usual. It is the stagnation of blood in the veins that leads to edema, increasing the risk of blood clots forming in the veins. If there is no appropriate treatment measure, the blood clot will follow the blood flow to the heart, cause pulmonary embolism and lead to life-threatening complications.
Because venous insufficiency often occurs in the lower extremities, one of the common sites is leg vein rupture and causes many negative consequences for the patient's health. In addition, varicose veins can occur at any time when the veins are compressed too much, so patients with venous insufficiency need to take preventive measures and pay attention to abnormal signs to detect them. present and take timely action.

2. Is vein rupture dangerous?

Varicose veins can cause many health dangers, especially the life of the patient. When a vein is broken, the blood inside will follow these cracks to flow out. In terms of severity, mild, causing acute blood loss, and severe, completely capable of causing death. Along with that, varicose veins also leave many sequelae affecting the health and life of many people.
Currently, the subject of varicose vein disease tends to be more and more common, more extensive. So any person is at risk for this dangerous type of venous disease. Therefore, the application of preventive measures to prevent varicose veins is extremely necessary for everyone. From the elderly, young people or pregnant women... all must be equipped with basic knowledge about this dangerous disease to be able to catch, detect early and take timely measures to avoid impact. serious to health.

3. How to prevent varicose veins?

To prevent varicose veins, the most important thing is to control and treat varicose veins because this disease is the cause of broken veins. Some of the treatments for varicose veins that are applied today include:
Lifestyle changes: Keep your legs high when lying down, avoid standing or sitting for too long, apply exercises to increase strength, limit obesity , practice deep breathing; Wear elastic stockings or wrap your legs with an elastic bandage; Correction of foot position in deformities; Diet high in fiber to limit constipation; Using some drugs to increase the strength of the vessel wall; Local injection to induce fibrosis of the venous lumen; Surgical removal of dilated superficial veins; Heat treatment includes the use of radiofrequency waves and intravenous lasers. In addition, patients who want to limit varicose veins need to develop a scientific diet, supplementing with adequate nutrients along with an appropriate exercise regimen.
Besides, we need to have regular health check-ups to be able to detect varicose veins early, so that we can intervene early and control them as best as possible, avoiding complications of varicose veins. .

4. How to deal with broken veins

Patients with a ruptured vein, the first thing to do is to call the emergency immediately, especially when you or those around you don't know how to handle it. In the meantime, the patient or family member can handle the situation on the spot as follows:
Apply pressure with a soft towel or gauze over the bleeding sites to maintain flow pressure; Lie directly on the floor, raising your legs above your heart. It is possible to put your feet on a chair or even the toilet bowl, depending on where the vein rupture occurs. In the meantime, the patient should try to relax; After about 30 minutes, check if the vein is still bleeding and note that you should only get up when the bleeding has stopped completely; Even if the bleeding has stopped, keep the towel pressed over the ruptured vein until paramedics arrive. Although venous insufficiency is a common chronic disease, patients should not subjectively underestimate the dangerous complications that it causes, most especially vein rupture. A ruptured vein can be very serious because excessive blood loss can be life-threatening.
Periodic health check-ups help detect diseases early, thereby planning treatment for optimal results. Currently, Vinmec International General Hospital has general health checkup packages suitable for each age, gender and individual needs of customers with a reasonable price policy.
The patient's examination results will be returned to the home. After receiving the results of the general health examination, if you detect diseases that require intensive examination and treatment, you can use services from other specialties right at the Hospital with quality treatment and services. outstanding customer service.

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