How does “foam sclerotherapy” treat varicose veins in the lower extremities?

  The 25-year-old girl Liu was especially happy recently that the varicose veins of her lower limbs, which had been embarrassing and painful for more than a year, finally left her and did not leave any scars. This is the latest “foam sclerosing agent injection varicose vein closure” used by Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital to cure her varicose veins of lower limbs.  Two months ago, the pretty and slim young girl Xiao Liu walked into the vascular surgery department of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital with a sad face. It turns out that Xiao Liu girl is a dancer, always practicing performance, from the first half of last year, inadvertently found that the left calf veins thicker than the average person, and more and more obvious, such as coiled in the calf of an earthworm. After that, it was diagnosed as varicose veins in lower limbs by several hospitals and needed surgery.  But the distressing thing is that the doctor told her that the traditional method of treating varicose veins is saphenous vein stripping, which is commonly called as “skinning”, and the surgery is more traumatic, with slow recovery and long hospitalization time. At the same time, as a girl, especially a dancer, Xiao Liu girl really can’t accept having surgical scars on her legs.  How can we remove the varicose veins on the legs without leaving unsightly scars? With the psychology of trying, Xiao Liu girl came to Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital. Unexpectedly, the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital really has a treatment method to meet the Liu girl, using foam sclerotherapy injection varicose vein closure, the Liu girl’s leg “earthworm” is gone.  Y Jinsong, director of vascular surgery of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, said that foam sclerosing agent injection closure for varicose veins is the latest treatment method in China, which has the advantages of no surgical incision and fast recovery. The surgical method, at present, is still the first to be used in Hangzhou.  Director Jiang Jinsong said that people who have varicose veins will have a curved, hidden “veins” on their calves. In more serious cases, the tendon is like a gradually growing green snake, which is coiled on the leg belly and even forms a lump. At the beginning of varicose veins, there are no obvious symptoms. Some people may feel itchy skin on their calves, swollen, sore legs, and a feeling of heaviness, especially when they stand all day, their calves are especially sore and their ankles are swollen. The more serious the varicose veins are, the more obvious the pain will be, and even blood stagnation in the feet will occur and the ankles will turn purple. In more serious cases, pigmentation, eczema-like dermatitis will occur when blood does not flow back easily, and depressed ulcers may be produced, and there may even be symptoms of ruptured veins that will bleed.  Varicose veins in the lower extremities are a common disease in vascular surgery, with a high incidence and a certain relationship with family genetics and occupation, and are prone to occur in women (especially maternity), people who stand for a long time (more than 6 hours a day), and obese people.