Varicose veins also in younger people - New therapy with radio waves should help

With radio waves against varicose veins
Varicose veins are common. About 20 percent of Europeans suffer from it. And not only seniors, even with many younger people show up early symptoms such as heavy legs and unsightly blue-stained veins on the calf. Varicose veins can be treated with radio waves.

Every fifth European suffers from varicose veins
About 20 percent of Europeans suffer from varicose veins. Although health experts give tips on how to prevent varicose veins, but there is no reliable scientific evidence yet. However, it is generally recommended to move a lot and to raise your legs more often. Also, water applications can have a beneficial effect on the legs. This includes the cold knee nut, a tried and tested home remedy for varicose veins. Varicose veins should always be examined by a doctor. Mostly a treatment is necessary.

Some people have family-related very early to suffer from varicose veins. Radiological therapy has been available for years to treat venous disease. (Image: zlikovec / fotolia.com)

Venous insufficiency even at a young age
Radiowave therapy is a possibility that is used in varicose veins. This treatment is also carried out at the University Hospital Münster (UKM). And not only with old people.

"A venous insufficiency is not a question of age", explains Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Görge, Head of the Vein Competence Center at the Skin Clinic of the UKM in a press release. Some people, for example, have familial connective tissue weakness and therefore struggle early with symptoms such as heavy legs and unsightly blue-colored veins on the calf.

Patients still attending school
"We have patients who are still in school and who already have the typical symptoms. It becomes critical when the blood from the veins 'collapse', so when we diagnose venous return. Then a treatment is really essential ", says Prof. Görge.

Left untreated, venous reflux can lead to complications such as the "open leg" and, in the worst case, even thrombosis or embolism. The often dismissed as folk suffering varicose veins are even life threatening.

Sclerotherapy using radio waves
At the clinic in Münster, the elimination of varicose veins by means of radio waves has been offered for years. In doing so, a flexible heat catheter is inserted into the vein under local anesthesia and advanced to the groin, where the affected venous branches are then "overcooked".

Remaining vein remnants are degraded by the body over time. According to the clinic, radiofrequency therapy usually takes place on an outpatient basis - the patient can then return home immediately afterwards. Meanwhile, some statutory health insurance companies take over the cost of treatment with radio waves as an alternative to conventional krossectomy.

As stated in the hospital communication, radiofrequency therapy is possible in 95 percent of all cases where surgery is indicated. "The method is absolutely bloodless," explains Görge. "There are no wounds or scarring. For the patient, the whole procedure is more pleasant. "He is sure that the future belongs to the endovenous procedure in venous therapy. (Ad)