Can varicose veins during pregnancy recover after delivery?

Pregnant women are very prone to varicose veins in the lower limbs, because as the pregnancy progresses, the uterus will continue to expand, which will compress the blood vessels in the lower limbs, causing poor blood circulation in the lower limbs. In addition, during pregnancy, the abundance of estrogen can cause blood vessels to swell and blood to flow back. Therefore, varicose veins that begin to appear during pregnancy are all caused by the influence of these physiological factors during pregnancy. When women give birth, the hormone levels of the human body return to normal, and the uterus recovers, the varicose vein problem will be alleviated or even disappear to varying degrees. Of course, there are cases where varicose veins cannot be completely restored to their original state, so it is necessary to actively treat varicose veins during pregnancy. So how do pregnant women treat varicose veins?

Pregnant women can treat varicose veins by improving their daily medical care to improve the problem of varicose veins during pregnancy. Since medication and surgical treatment are not suitable during pregnancy, it is sufficient to use relatively traditional nursing measures to help pregnant women stabilize their condition. Although pregnant women should not exercise excessively, exercise can help varicose vein patients improve blood congestion, promote blood circulation, and thus alleviate varicose vein symptoms. Therefore, pregnant women should carry out moderate and gentle exercise, such as doing prenatal yoga and taking more walks, which are helpful to stabilize the condition and relieve varicose vein symptoms; at the same time, they can moderately massage the lower limbs, stimulate the acupoints of the legs, improve the blood circulation of the lower limbs, and stabilize the varicose vein condition.

Pregnant women can also achieve the treatment goal of varicose veins through compression therapy. The specific method is to wear varicose vein socks every night during pregnancy. Because when wearing this kind of socks, the socks play a good supporting role, which can effectively improve the high pressure state of the injured area caused by varicose veins, thereby helping varicose vein patients to promote venous blood return in the lower limbs and play a role in treating varicose veins.

Varicose veins in pregnant women are a physiological phenomenon. Active treatment can effectively prevent varicose veins and maintain the healthy state of the skin. However, pregnancy is a special period. Even if you have more serious varicose veins, you must be careful not to use medication indiscriminately.