Are all varicose veins the same?

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Are all varicose veins the same?

There are two types of varicose veins. The first is known as telangiectasia, which are superficial spider veins. These types of veins appear to be cosmetically unappealing but they tend to be in the outer layer of the skin. These veins usually cause no problems but they can lead to deep varicose veins. The second type of veins are called varicose veins, or medically speaking varicosities. These veins tend to do deeper in the skin and can cause numerous problems.

There are two systems in the body that carry blood. The first is the arterial system which carries blood from the heart to the toes. The other system is the venous system which returns blood from the toes to the heart. This blog will be dedicated to learning about disease of the venous system.

The two types of venous mentioned above disease of the venous system. The venous systems is divided into two parts, the deep and superficial. These two systems connect via valves, which pump the blood between the 2 systems when one moves and walks. The varicose veins develop in the deep system and the spider veins develop in the superficial system.

What types of problems can the venous system cause?

When the deep venous don’t pump the blood properly it can cause skin discoloration to the ankles. What happens is the iron in the blood will “leak” into the skin and cause brown discoloration to the ankles. If this condition isn’t treated this can lead to wounds to the insides of the ankles. When one develops these wounds it’s called “venous leg ulcers”. Usually these wound are associated with a lot of leg swelling. The best way to treat this is to resolve the swelling, usually multiple layer compression wraps, called Unna Boots. This helps to treat the swelling and wounds. Long term patients who have this problems of swelling and brown discoloration are recommended to wear compression stockings. Compression stockings are not well tolerated since patents state they are tight and hard to put on. There are different types include zip up ones and different amounts of compression.

In conclusion, if you have superficial or deep veins in your legs it is a good idea to talk to your physical about it before it becomes a chronic problems and difficult to treat

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