Can varicose vein cause crus to coarsen

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A varicose vein causes the blood vessels to swell slightly, forming an earthworm like appearance. Many people will say that varicose veins can lead to leg thickening. Whether it is true or not, there are many examples to illustrate this result. Now let's talk about varicose veins can lead to leg thickening.

Can varicose vein cause crus to coarsen

First, when standing, the superficial venous vessels with bending and thickening can be seen in the legs, which are higher than the skin, and can disappear after the legs are raised or lying on the back. There are often discomfort such as leg swelling and fatigue. This period is the best period for treatment. Varicose blood vessels increased, leg edema began to appear, to stand too long or after fatigue is more obvious, when the morning edema can subside. The affected limb is often thicker than the side leg, some people also have skin itching, severe cases show eczema, stasis dermatitis and other skin lesions.

Second: bleeding, ulcers: leg varicose veins through the area of the skin due to inadequate nutrition, is very fragile, slight trauma, it is easy to lead to varicose vein rupture, resulting in massive bleeding. Because there is no pain and other symptoms when bleeding, patients often do not notice it. If it occurs at night, it will lead to very serious consequences.

Third: affect the leg beauty: in addition to affect the leg beauty, varicose veins in the early stage of the disease, patients often have acid distension discomfort and pain; later, the damaged veins swell, expand tortuous, focusing on the leg great saphenous vein. Ulcers mostly occurred in the upper part of the medial malleolus and the lower 1 / 3 of the medial leg. Due to the lack of tissue blood supply, the tissue around the ulcer becomes thinner, the skin becomes black and hard, the ulcer wound does not heal for a long time, and it is easy to relapse after healing.

matters needing attention

From the definition and pathogenesis of varicose veins introduced above, we can know that varicose veins can make patients feel that the legs are sour and swollen, and also cause edema. Severe cases may have more severe symptoms, so varicose veins can lead to leg thickening, but also affect the beauty of the leg.