Varicose veins are rapidly getting younger. Today, the peak incidence is at 35 years of age.. The disease is transmitted through the female line. If your mother or grandmother developed varicose veins with age, it is unlikely that you got good veins, according to the online publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. net So, we need to protect and strengthen them so that they work without failures for as long as possible.

Be careful with hormone therapy Female hormones estrogens have a bad effect on the condition of the veins. That is why women are more likely to suffer from varicose veins. That is why varicose veins often develop in pregnant women - a woman not only gains an extra 10 kg of weight, but her hormonal background also changes.. Expectant mothers whose parents suffered from varicose veins should wear compression stockings and tights during pregnancy. They create physiological pressure on the veins and thus help blood flow..

With a tendency to varicose veins, it is better to abandon hormonal contraceptives. But hormone replacement therapy with menopause should not be rejected. Today it is carried out, even despite varicose veins. True, the type of drug, dose, duration of treatment should be agreed upon by two doctors - a gynecologist and a phlebologist.

Watch how you sit World statistics show: the veins are not in order in 30% of those who work while sitting. Get up every 25-30 minutes to walk around the room.

Break the bad habit of sitting cross-legged or twisting your legs into a pigtail.

Don't let your feet get numb. This is a sure sign that the veins are pumping blood in emergency mode..

Do not put heavy bags on your knees and do not seat children, do not make your veins work for wear.

At home, read, watch TV, resting your feet on a coffee table or sofa cushion.

When flying, when you have to sit in a cramped chair for a long time, drink more fluids. Especially for these cases, tea with lemon is good - it thins the blood and prevents it from clotting.. Do not wear tight jeans and skirts, belts, turtlenecks and shirts with tight collars. Clothes that squeeze the neck and torso impede the flow of blood through the peripheral vessels.

In the cabin, take off your shoes, stretch your legs every 20-30 minutes and tighten your fingers 20 times.

Relax by the water For those who are prone to varicose veins, it is useful to swim, especially the breaststroke.. Water exerts some pressure on the vessels, tones them, does not allow them to " By the way, swimmers almost never get varicose veins.. Spend your vacation by the sea, by the lake or river, swim every day. It is also very useful to walk or run along the water's edge on the sand.. The loads that the muscles of the legs and feet receive at this time improve peripheral blood circulation..

Good prevention of varicose veins - hydroaerobics. It is hydro-, because aerobics in the air is not useful to you. Exercises in the pool also allow you to lose weight, which means removing the load on blood vessels..

Lean on vegetables and fruits. Some foods strengthen the venous system, others harm it..

Veins need vitamin E, it gives them elasticity. This vitamin is abundant in sprouted grains of rye and wheat, legumes, lettuce, green onions, liver, egg yolk, corn, olive and soybean oils..

Vitamin C is useful for veins - it makes them strong. There is a lot of it in rose hips, sweet peppers, sea buckthorn, black currants, white cabbage, citrus fruits... Veins need rutin - vitamin PP, it strengthens their walls and valves. Routine is a lot in rose hips, citrus fruits, rowan, black currant, walnuts, tea.

The work of the veins is facilitated by bioflavonoids - substances that give the berries a juicy maroon color.. Bioflavonoids dissolve blood clots more actively than aspirin and facilitate the movement of blood through the veins. There are a lot of them in cherries and dark cherries.

Veins need copper. With its help, elastin is synthesized in the body. This protein of the connective tissue does not allow the venous walls to " There is a lot of copper in seafood - oysters, mussels, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, squids, as well as in lamb kidneys and beef liver.

Fluid helps veins. If it enters the body less than 1.5-2 liters per day, the blood becomes viscous, and the veins move it with difficulty.

But what is not good for the veins is everything fatty, sweet, starchy foods that increase our weight.. Rich meat broths, jellies, smoked meats, marinades destroy venous walls and valves. Coffee and alcohol retain fluid in the body and thus increase the load on the veins.

Walk every day on foot The veins of the legs are great workers, in a year they lift up, against gravity, up to 3 thousand liters of blood. Help them in this... arteries. At the moment of cardiac contraction, the arteries expand and compress the adjacent veins.. Venous valves start to move - some close, others open. As a result, the blood rushes up to the heart.. But this mechanism clearly works only if you move a lot..

And finally, our story, perhaps the most important thing about the veins - doctors recommend walking every day for at least 40 minutes!

Kirill Matveev nedug. en.