Venous circulation problems can have many different symptoms. Initially, they are not very specific. They are easily mistaken for ordinary fatigue or attributed to other conditions. As a rule, a feeling of heaviness in the legs, muscle tension and calf cramps occur in the early stages of the disease. They can be felt especially at night. You may also experience a troublesome itching at the site of the lesions.
In the advanced form, increasingly protruding, dilated, often tortuous veins begin to become visible on the skin of the legs. At first these are known as spider veins (telangiectasias) - flat but clearly dilated subcutaneous veins of small diameter. Over time, they become thicker, twisted and strongly visible through the skin. Most patients see their doctor at this stage. The vascular lesions are already very unsightly and often cause severe pain and itching.
Long untreated varicose veins can cause skin ulceration, often the skin around the wound is brown or red, becomes hard and inflexible, and swelling sets in. Do not wait! Start treatment as soon as possible.
