Although you might treat the discoloration on your feet as a cosmetic issue, sometimes it may indicate a serious health concern. The discoloration might be associated with itching, pain, and swelling caused by spider veins Edina. Spider veins cause weakness of the blood vessels leading to blood pooling which looks like blue, purple, or red webs on the legs. Fortunately, you can eliminate spider veins with remedies such as lifestyle changes, surgeries, and laser therapy. These are ways to eliminate spider veins and prevent them from spreading to the healthy veins in the legs.
Lifestyle Changes
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Exercises
Exercises might alleviate the spider veins symptoms as they promote muscle health, making it easy to pump blood to the upper body. The veins may depend on the flexibility of the muscles to pump blood. Moreover, exercises improve circulation and prevent blood pooling in any part of the body, thus eliminating the spider veins.
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Elevating the Feet
You might develop spider veins if you spend a lot in a stationary workstation, but you can elevate your feet once you get home. However, you can improve circulation by walking around or taking short breaks from the workstation. Walking or standing might improve blood circulation as the leg muscles push blood up the veins.
Compression Stockings
The compression stockings and socks will exert pressure on the veins on the feet and improve circulation leading to better control of the spread of the spider veins. Although you can opt for store-bought compression stockings, you should choose custom-made ones as they meet your health needs. However, you should avoid compression stockings if you have heart problems, as they alter normal blood circulation.
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Sclerotherapy and Closure
Sclerotherapy is a minimally invasive procedure dealing with spider veins and injecting an irritant directly into the affected veins. The spider veins will stick together due to irritation, thus cutting the flow to the area. Sclerotherapy may reduce swelling and cause vein shrinkage, and the spider veins will disappear with time. However, you may require several sclerotherapy treatment sessions to get the desired results.
Laser Treatment
Laser treatment works for spider veins as a health care provider treats the small veins with high-beam energy. The beams can seal off the veins close to the skin, thus preventing the spread of the spider veins. The laser causes the blood to clot or dries up in the veins, and the discoloration will subside over time. Although the procedure is minimally invasive, it might be less effective for dealing with spider veins.
Surgery
Although surgery might be the last option when dealing with spider veins, it is effective for varicose veins. It is effective for extensive varicose veins, which cause sores on the legs, swelling, and pain.
Spider veins might look like a cosmetic problem but show serious underlying issues requiring immediate medical attention. Thus your doctor might recommend home remedies such as elevating the feet whenever possible and using compression stockings and exercises to alleviate the health concern. However, they may administer minimally invasive procedures like laser treatments and sclerotherapy to alleviate minor spider veins and opt for surgery to deal with varicose veins.
