The causes of thrombophlebitis:
- high blood coagulability,
- infectious diseases,
- inflammation of the veins,
- damage to blood vessels and soft tissues,
- complex delivery,
- delayed blood circulation,
- untimely removal of fluid from the body.
Symptomatic of thrombophlebitis.
Thrombophlebitis can occur in acute, and also in chronic form.
Acute thrombophlebitis develops in a few hours and affects a significant surface of the veins. It is characterized by high fever, severe pain, chills, edema of the extremities and cramps in the muscles. Surgical intervention is usually not required.
The chronic form of thrombophlebitis develops over several years with periodic exacerbations.
In thrombophlebitis, a number of complications can occur, for example, a patient may experience vascular damage, tissue necrosis, clot lysis, clogging of vital vessels, kidney disease, and intoxication of the body.
Thrombophlebitis should be treated under the supervision of a doctor, as this is a very serious and life-threatening disease. Especially dangerous thrombophlebitis, developing in the vessels of the face, as well as in the pelvic veins, because a thrombus can come off and clog the arteries, which will lead to instant death of the patient. Therefore, self-medication with thrombophlebitis is strictly not recommended.
Folk methods of getting rid of edemas can be used at home only after consulting a doctor. In this case, it will help to avoid complications and exacerbations of the disease, and also improve the patient's condition.
With thrombophlebitis, the patient needs to lead an active lifestyle. It is recommended to go for a walk, as well as to perform feasible physical exercises, for example, bending and lifting legs, a "bicycle", a stand on the shoulder blades and a headstand.
To successfully treat thrombophlebitis from the diet should be excluded acute, salty and fat. It is recommended to eat vegetables and fruits cooked for steaming fish. Coffee and tea should be replaced with leaves of cranberries, nettles, raspberries and currants.
Non-traditional methods of treatment of the disease.
Cowberry leaves, buckthorn bark, birch leaves, flowers of the immortelle.
Mix yarrow (one part), leaves of cranberries, bark of buckthorn, leaves of birch (all in two parts) and flowers of immortelle (four parts). Pour a glass of boiling water into one tablespoon of the collection. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Broth drink three times a day for 100 grams before eating.
Leaves of raspberry and plantain, flowers of chestnut, yarrow, chamomile and rue.
Leaf of plantain and raspberry, chestnut flowers, yarrow, rue and chamomile mixed in equal parts. Four tablespoons of the mixture pour a liter of boiling water, insist overnight. Drink a glass a day: morning and evening. You can also make a compress with infusion on the sore spot, fixing a bandage for the night.
The hard-boiled.
4 spoonfuls of fresh water and pour a liter of boiling water and let it brew for two hours. Dampen in the received infusion of napkins and attach to the affected area. Compresses should be changed to fresh every two hours.
Rowan.
Tincture of mountain ash on alcohol dilute with water in a ratio of 1: 3. The resulting solution is used as a compress.
Horseradish leaves.
Edemas for the night wrap horseradish leaves, fixing with a bandage. Under the influence of horseradish edemas decrease, then disappear.
Nettle.
Take two tablespoons of dry and 2 tablespoons of fresh nettle leaves, mix, pour two cups of boiling water. Leave to stand for about an hour. The resulting broth should be taken half a cup before meals, four times a day. When treating nettle it is desirable to exclude from the diet fatty and spicy foods, meat, fish and salt.
Acacia.
Rinse edemas and affected areas with acacia tincture daily, preferably in the morning and in the evening.
Hazelnut.
Take two tablespoons of bark or leaves of hazelnut, brew in thermos a half-liter of boiling water. Let the mixture infuse for one night. It is recommended to drink the resulting infusion of a third of the glass, before meals for half an hour, four times a day. Such treatment should be carried out within one month.
Chestnut horse.
Take about twenty fruits of horse chestnut, chop, pour one glass of vodka. Close tightly and put the infusion in a dark place for a week, occasionally shaking. The obtained tincture is filtered and taken three times daily before meals, dissolving thirty drops in a spoonful of water.
Potatoes.
If the edemas are particularly strong, then it is recommended to make compresses from raw potatoes. Grate the potatoes, apply to the inflamed area for the night. To sleep at the same time, you need to put your feet on the roller.
A tomato.
As a compress, you can also use crushed ripe or green tomatoes. Keep the compress until you begin to feel tingling or burning. Such a compress reduces swelling, and subsequently relieves them.
M ea, apple cider vinegar.
One tablespoon of honey and one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar should be diluted with a glass of water. The resulting mixture is to drink three times - four times a day, half an hour before meals. Also a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water (in a ratio of 1: 1), you must rub the limbs in the morning and evening.
Wormwood , yogurt .
Well rid of the edemas a mixture of crushed leaves of wormwood with yogurt. It should be applied to the sites of injuries and edemas for the night, fixed with bandages.
Hop cones.
Two or three tablespoons of cones of hops to boil in half a liter of boiled water ten minutes. During the day, you should drink a glass of infusion in small portions. From the remnants of the infusion it is possible to do compresses to the affected parts of the limbs.
Means from the home medicine chest, which are used in folk medicine, can help in the fight against edema, pain, inflammation and the formation of blood clots. They are highly effective, and also attract by their accessibility and have almost no contraindications. However, do not forget that before using folk methods of treatment should consult with your doctor to avoid complications. Nevertheless, if the diagnosis is correct, folk remedies will help get rid of and prevent swelling and inflammation in thrombophlebitis.