Varicose veins are a very common disease, and the incidence is quite high, because its early clinical manifestations are not obvious, so we often ignore its existence, so that the best time for treatment is missed, and it turns into a serious varicose vein disease, which not only affects the beauty of the limbs, but also causes great pain to the limbs of patients. First of all, we need to have a clear understanding of varicose veins, varicose veins are veins become swollen and often twisted and deformed, if the course of varicose veins in the lower limbs continues to progress and is not effectively controlled and treated, at a later stage, especially when the traffic vein valves are destroyed, mild swelling and nutritional changes in the skin of the foot and boot area can occur, including skin atrophy, desquamation, itching, hyperpigmentation, skin and subcutaneous tissue hardening, and even eczema and ulcer formation. The causes of varicose veins are many, such as prolonged standing or walking, lack of regular rest, lack of exercise for the leg muscles, etc. The main groups of people with varicose veins are teachers, traffic police, air hostesses, etiquette and other people who need to stand for a long time or office white-collar workers, civil servants and other people who sit for a long time without getting good rest for their legs, as well as middle-aged and elderly women and patients with family history. So these people in particular need to pay attention to. While going to work, you should try to move your legs and not to stay in one position for a long time as possible, and you can wear varicose vein socks to achieve the effect of prevention. How to choose the right size and compression varicose socks? The first step is to know the strength and length of the varicose veins stockings, the precise size measurement is a prerequisite for the use of varicose veins stockings. Varicose veins stockings are available in low-pressure prophylactic (2.4kPa), first-class medium-pressure therapeutic (2.7-4.0kPa), second-class high-pressure therapeutic (4.0-5.3kPa) and third-class high-pressure therapeutic (5.3-6.6kPa) according to the size of the pressure. Low-pressure prophylactic type is commonly used for daily health care prevention for bedridden patients, people with high incidence of varicose veins and thrombosis; primary medium-pressure therapeutic type is suitable for the treatment and prevention of superficial varicose veins and thrombosis; secondary and tertiary high-pressure therapeutic type is used for post-saphenous vein stripping, post varicose vein sclerotherapy, post-thrombotic syndrome of deep veins in lower limbs, severe varicose veins in lower limbs, etc. There are two basic lengths of varicose vein stockings: short stockings should be 3.3cm below the knee and long stockings should be 3.3cm below the groin. Short stockings are easily adjustable and comfortable as needed, but long stockings should be used for patients after saphenous vein stripping and for very fat patients with a thigh circumference greater than 65cm. For short stockings that go to the knee, the circumference should be measured in two places, the narrowest part of the ankle – about 2.5 cm above the bone and the thickest part of the fibula, and then the distance from below the knee to above the heel; for long stockings that go to the thigh, take the same steps and measure the distance from the thickest part of the thigh and above the heel to the hip. If the patient’s condition or leg size changes, then you need to measure again to ensure that the varicose stockings fit comfortably, for example, patients with edema need to be measured at least once/d to see if they need larger varicose stockings, generally a 5cm increase in leg diameter should increase the compression of the varicose stockings by a factor of 2. Of course, I don’t want you to need to wear varicose stockings one day, that means your varicose veins have become obvious symptoms, of course, when that day comes, you still need to actively treat them, and I hope you can recover soon. Still, prevention is the main thing, don’t find yourself some unnecessary trouble, more exercise, do massage, wear varicose veins socks. All are good preventive measures, don’t let small diseases become big diseases. How do compression stockings function to prevent varicose veins? Stretch stockings are a product with the function of promoting venous blood return to the heart. The pressure gauge value of compression stockings is segmented, establishing the highest support pressure at the ankle and gradually decreasing up the leg, with the pressure value of 100% at the arch of the foot and above the ankle, 70% at the calf belly, 50% below the knee and 20%-30% at the thigh. This decreasing change of pressure can make the veins of lower limbs return blood flow, accelerate blood circulation, improve local nutrition, reduce edema, gradually flatten the protruding veins, intercept the formation of varicose veins from the source, avoid the harm brought by medicine and surgery, and have the effect of shaping and beauty at the same time. There are three types of treatments for varicose veins in the lower extremities, including compression therapy, varicose vein sclerotherapy and surgery. Wearing varicose veins elastic stockings (i.e. compression therapy) to prevent and treat varicose veins is known by doctors as the safest and the most side effect-free treatment method: How to choose the pressure of elastic stockings Level 1 low pressure prevention type (15-25mmHg): for the health care prevention of varicose veins and people with high incidence of thrombosis; Level 1 medium pressure treatment type (25-30mmHg): for patients with initial varicose veins. Secondary high-pressure treatment type (30-40mmHg): suitable for patients who already have obvious varicose veins in the lower limbs with leg discomfort (such as lower limb soreness, weakness, swelling and pain, eczema, cramping and numbness, pigmentation, etc.), phlebitis, severe varicose veins during pregnancy, patients after varicose vein stripping, patients with post-deep vein thrombosis syndrome; tertiary high-pressure treatment type (40-50 mmHg): for patients with highly swollen lower limbs, ulcers, darkened and hardened skin, irreversible lymphedema, etc. The product appearance description of elastic stockings is divided into thin and comfortable ones according to the thickness. The thin ones can be worn in all seasons mainly in summer, while the comfortable ones are slightly thicker than the thin ones and are suitable for spring, autumn and winter. The front of the foot of the elastic socks is divided into two kinds of open toe and wrapped toe, and the long elastic socks have silicone anti-slip design. Note: People with thicker legs, taller height, and older age are recommended to use the comfort type, which is more elastic and easier to put on.