Do you thing the visible, bulging, twisted veins of your legs is biggest trouble for you? In addition to their appearance, you could additionally have signs and symptoms including heaviness, swelling and pain. However, after uncomfortable pain, did you recognize that varicose veins can cause varicose vein ulcers?
While of course the best case scenario would be to not get a leg ulcer at all, it’s important that you be able to recognize one if you do end up with a vein-related leg ulcer.
What are venous leg ulcers? Venous leg ulcers are sores at the leg that do not heal on their own. Usually, they arise above the ankle.
Why varioce vein ulcer develops?
• Blood can start to pool in the veins
• Vein walls can start to stretch
• Fluid can leak from your veins and into your tissues, inflicting swelling
• Swelling prevents tissue from receiving the oxygen and vitamins it wishes to be healthy, and because of the shortage of vitamins, cells can die, leaving broken tissue wherein a wound can form.
How vein ulcer looks?
- A sore that has a red or yellow center
- A sore with irregular borders
- Areas of the skin that may look tight, warm or discoloured
A leg ulcer can be painful. If the sore turns into infected, it could have awful scent and you can see pus draining out of it. If you suspect you have a leg ulcer, make an appointment to look your vascular specialist as quickly as you can.
dr prashant pote, Vascular Specialist
How to care for venous ulcer?
- Keep the bandages area of ulcer dry. If bandages get wet, change them.
- Keep the wound clean
- Use of compression stocking whenever possible
- Elevate your leg above for 30 min. this can be repeated multiple times
- Move around, take a stroll or exercising each day
- Take any medications, particularly antibiotics, that your vascular specialist has prescribed
- Timely varicose vein treatment like laser procedure, sclerotherapy.
How to prevent ulcer if you are suffering from varicose veins?
- Check your legs, toes and heels each day for cracks,
- Quit smoking
- Get a few exercise, which include walking, each day
- Limb elevation
- Wear compression stockings
- Lose any extra weight, in case you are overweight
Don’t wait for ulcer to develop get your laser treatment done without losing time. Results are much better when treatment is done prior to development of ulcer. You can consult with Dr Prashant Pote, who had done multiple varicose vein ulcer treatment even the complex ones.
Various treatment options available includes:
- Laser procedure/ laser treatment
- Perforator ablation
- RFA ablation
- Sclerotherapy
- Superglue for veins
You may require one or combination of these treatment depending on you disease severity. All these procedure are non- surgical treatment, done without cuts/ sutures.
Do not live with ulcer or varicose vein pain. Get rid of varicose veins today.
