What To Consider Before Having Varicose Vein Procedures

Written by Kelly Altodona


Before considering having a procedure done to surgically treat your varicose veins, keep in mind that most varicose vein problems can be treated without resorting to an invasive operation. In fact, if your varicose veins do not respond torepparttar following commonly prescribed treatments for varicose veins then it is possible thatrepparttar 142392 varicose veins are a symptom of a much more serious problem such as obesity, impending stroke or a heart condition. This is why it is so important for you to try elevation and compression treatments before you resort to surgery.

Varicose veins develop as a result of gravitational forces. This may just be due to simple aging. To counteract this doctors may prescribe thatrepparttar 142393 legs be elevated aboverepparttar 142394 heart for a prescribed period of time duringrepparttar 142395 day in order to helprepparttar 142396 blood trapped inrepparttar 142397 veins return torepparttar 142398 heart for oxygenation.

In addition torepparttar 142399 elevation ofrepparttar 142400 legs most doctors will prescribe a regimen of walking or aerobic exercise as well asrepparttar 142401 application of a compression bandage that winds aroundrepparttar 142402 affected area. This helps decreaserepparttar 142403 volume of blood trapped inrepparttar 142404 legs and over time makesrepparttar 142405 veins shrink.

So, before you spend a lot of money on an operation, make sure you tryrepparttar 142406 above solutions first as both elevation and compression treatments have a higher success rate and show quicker results than surgery.

The most common surgical procedure used to correct varicose veins is called sclerotherapy. This is a procedure that is used to decreaserepparttar 142407 visibility of spider veins that mostly occur onrepparttar 142408 legs but can occur on other places ofrepparttar 142409 body as well. Before having this operation you should also be aware that it could be very uncomfortable because basically an irritant is injected intorepparttar 142410 veins to induce an inflammatory response. This causesrepparttar 142411 veins to shrink. You should also be aware that sclerotherapy only works on tiny veins and not larger ones.

Smoking Vaccine

Written by Ratliff J


A smoking vaccine could be available within 3 to 5 years.

Quit Smoking now with Nicocure

Results ofrepparttar first major human trial ofrepparttar 142391 product designed to stop nicotine addiction were released today. The findings -- based on a six-month trial involving 300 heavy smokers -- are expected to help paverepparttar 142392 way for production ofrepparttar 142393 vaccine.

Australian doctors believerepparttar 142394 anti-nicotine vaccine, if successful, could be a wonder drug that helps finally butt out smoking inrepparttar 142395 country.

More than three million Australians smoke, including about 22 per cent of Victorian men and 17 per cent of women.

The habit kills about 19,000 Australians annually -- more than 50 each day -- and costsrepparttar 142396 country $21 billion every year.

Three companies have developed nicotine vaccines, but Swiss pharmaceutical company Cytos Biotechnology has beenrepparttar 142397 first to conduct a major trial.

The drug stimulates production of antibodies inrepparttar 142398 blood that attach themselves to nicotine, creating a compound too big to enterrepparttar 142399 brain and producerepparttar 142400 sensation that makes smokers crave cigarettes.

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