What is the best treatment for varicose veins?

The best treatment for varicose veins depends on the condition.

The treatment of varicose veins includes general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment, physical therapy and so on. Choose the best treatment method according to the different conditions of patients.

1. General treatment: For early patients with varicose veins of lower limbs, they can change their lifestyle, avoid bad habits such as standing for a long time and sitting for a long time, raise the affected limb in prone position, and strengthen regular exercise of ankle and calf. Compression therapy such as elastic socks and elastic bandages can also be used to promote venous blood circulation.

2. Drug therapy

(1) Intravenous active drugs, such as diosmin, can be selected to increase venous tension and promote lymphatic and venous reflux.

(2) Fibrinolytic drugs for improving local blood circulation, such as streptokinase and urokinase, can also be used.

(3) For patients with inflammatory pain, you can choose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen.

(4) For esophageal and gastric varices, non-selective B- blockers, such as propranolol and naloxone, can be used.

(5) Pituitrin, somatostatin and similar drugs can also be used to reduce portal hypertension and esophageal variceal pressure.

3. Surgical treatment. For varicose veins of lower limbs, high ligation of great saphenous vein and varicose vein stripping are feasible, with good curative effect, simplicity and low recurrence rate. For patients with esophageal and gastric varices, it is necessary to choose the corresponding surgical treatment according to the condition in general surgery.

4. Physical therapy. For varicose veins of lower limbs, you can choose the corresponding physical therapy to shrink varicose veins.

Specific treatment should be carried out under the guidance of professional doctors.