After varicose veins surgery, you should pay attention to rest, elevate the affected limbs, use elastic stockings, take good care of yourself and take medicine regularly.
1. Pay attention to rest: the formation of varicose veins is mainly caused by prolonged standing, walking and weight bearing, which leads to the increase of venous pressure in the lower limbs, causing the thinning and expansion of the venous walls, therefore, after surgery, patients should avoid strenuous exercise and prolonged weight bearing walking and try to rest in bed.
2. Elevate the affected limbs: After surgery, patients can elevate the affected limbs when resting or sleeping, so as to reduce the obstacle of venous return.
3. Wear elastic stockings: After the operation, you need to use medical elastic stockings or bandages to restore the function of the lower extremity veins, which can also eliminate the postoperative edema and promote the healing of the wounds.
4. Nursing care: postoperative care is very important, try to do a good job of cleaning the incision, and change the medicine regularly to avoid infection.
5. Regular medication: you can take medicines to improve edema and blood circulation of the lower limbs after surgery, such as calcium hydroxybenzenesulfonate capsule or grass rhinoceros infusion tablets, etc. The medicines need to be taken under the guidance of the doctor to avoid blindly using medicines on their own.
Varicose veins of the lower extremities patients after surgery life, care requirements, need to follow the doctor’s instructions, if there is an accident, need to reflect to the doctor in time.