What should I do to care for myself after re-operation to reduce the risk of recurrence?
Exercise: Patients are generally advised to reduce their activities appropriately for two weeks, once every half hour for no more than 5 minutes each time, and not to engage in strenuous exercise. After removing the bandage and wearing medical elastic stockings in about two weeks, medical elastic stockings can effectively promote wound healing, and the amount of activity can be gradually increased, but also to avoid strenuous exercise, generally like running, climbing, swimming in the two months after surgery can be carried out.
Diet: normal diet is fine, but we should pay attention to avoid spicy stimulation. Because spicy and stimulating food has a certain stimulation to the endothelium of blood vessels.
What actions or habits can increase the risk of recurrence?
Generally speaking, people who stand for a long time have higher pressure in the leg veins and are most likely to get varicose veins, like teachers, store salesmen, chefs, etc.; secondly, people who sit for a long time without activity, when they sit, the calf muscles are not contracted and relaxed, and at the same time the legs are bent, so the blood flow is not as smooth as when they stand, so they are also likely to get varicose veins, like patients who sit for a long time without activity, office workers, IT workers who sit for a long time without activity; then People who exercise excessively, especially very strong physical exercise, such as running marathons, large intensity gym activities, will cause an increased burden on the blood vessels and easily increase the risk of varicose veins.
What are the specific practices to prevent the recurrence of varicose veins? Is it effective to wear elastic stockings, inverted empty legs, etc.?
①After standing or sitting for 30 to 45 minutes for a long time, you can sit or stand up and move around for 10 to 15 minutes.
②You can elevate your legs, such as lying on the bed with a pillow under your feet or crossing your legs higher while sitting.
③Wearing medical elastic socks.
④ swimming.
⑤ low intensity physical exercise such as brisk walking and jogging.
How to put on and take off elastic stockings and how to protect them?
How to put them on: It is recommended to raise your feet for a few minutes after waking up in the morning before getting out of bed, so that the blood in your legs can flow back fully, and then put on the elastic stockings, first of all, put the position of the back of your feet in the right place when you put them on, and pay attention to the knees not to pleat, and mention the position of the knees for the elastic stockings to the calves, and mention the root of the thighs for the long elastic stockings. If it is still hard to put on, you can choose a special helper, turn the elastic socks over and snap them on the helper sleeve, then turn the socks down to the heel position, then put your foot into the helper and lift it upward along the thigh, it can be easily put on to the knee position.
How to take off: When taking off, directly turn the elastic socks over and fade to the heel position, and take them off with force at the heel.
How to maintain.
① Hand wash, not in the washing machine. No need to wash them if they are not dirty, because medical elastic socks are made of rubber, the more you wash them, the greater the wear and tear.
②Wash with warm water, especially hot water has an effect on the elasticity of elastic stockings.
③Wash with soap or alkaline detergent, do not use detergents containing softeners, such as gold spinning, softeners have an effect on the elasticity of elastic stockings.
④ dry them inside the house in the shade, not in the sun on the heating, the effect of heat destroys the elasticity.
What are the misconceptions in preventing venous thrombosis?
①You can soak your feet in hot water, but be careful that the water temperature does not exceed 45 degrees. Also be careful not to soak your legs together, heat expansion and cold contraction will aggravate the varicose veins in your legs.
②Acupuncture and bloodletting method is not advisable. When the blood is released from the stagnant leg by sticking needles in the varicose area, the symptoms of distension are reduced and the patient feels more relaxed and the varicose seems to be lighter. However, there is no relief for the disease, and the local wound is prone to ulcers after bleeding.