What is a varicose disease?
Varicose veins have been known since antiquity. It is mentioned in Egyptian papyri, Byzantine code of laws on medicine and even in the Old Testament. The most outstanding doctors of antiquity Hippocrates, Avicenna, Galen and Paracelsus tried to treat varicose veins( more often, however, unsuccessfully).This illness was called "a disease knocking down."The study of this disease for many years, dedicated the famous Italian anatomist and doctor Marcello Malpighi. It was he who discovered the capillary circulation more than 300 years ago and proved that the blood moves from the arteries to the veins, and from there to the heart.
Varicose is an exclusively human problem.
Varicose veins( varix, knot, swelling, lat.) Is a disease of the veins( vessels carrying blood to the heart), which leads to an increase in their lumen and thinning of the venous wall.
Vein dilatation, slowing of blood flow in them and disruption of the structure of the vascular wall promote the occurrence of inflammation( phlebitis), the formation of trophic ulcers, as well as the formation of blood clots on the walls of damaged veins.
The primary damage to the superficial veins of the lower extremities is due to the fact that as a result of the uprightness in humans, 60-70% of the circulating blood in the body is below the level of the heart. And if from the heart the blood runs "fast" through the arteries, then, through the veins back to the heart, overcoming the earth's gravity, flows "slowly and heavily".In order to ensure a normal venous outflow from the tips of the toes to the heart, there is a complex valve apparatus that prevents the reverse movement of blood, and a vein system that connects the superficial and deep veins. However, our body has places where the blood pressure in the veins is increased, which leads to an accelerated wear of the veins, in particular, according to the laws of physics, the veins of the legs are the most vulnerable. As a result, the valves gradually begin to work worse, the walls of the veins stretch, the blood stagnates, and in these places varicose nodes are formed. Of great importance are also the elasticity and elasticity of the leg muscles, especially the feet and shins.