<h2 style="text-align: left;">What is venous insufficiency?</h2>
It is a disease characterised by a decrease in&nbsp;venous reflux&nbsp;from the lower limbs, the&nbsp;legs, to the heart.1
What happens in cases of&nbsp;venous insufficiency&nbsp;is that the valves of the blood vessels lose their functionality. As a result, the pumping of blood is compromised. This causes blood to stagnate and leads to&nbsp;varicose veins&nbsp;and&nbsp;edema&nbsp;in the&nbsp;legs&nbsp;as a result of the dilation of the veins.1
There are <a href="https://daflon.ph/heavy-painful-legs#stages">various degrees depending on a patient's&nbsp;</a><a href="https://daflon.ph/heavy-painful-legs#stages">symptoms and/or signs</a>.&nbsp; In the early stages there is pain, tiredness, and&nbsp;weakness of the legs&nbsp;in the lower limbs. These symptoms are sometimes accompanied by&nbsp;cramps&nbsp;during the night or a feeling of restlessness at night1, referred to as Restless Legs Syndrome.2,1
In more advanced cases of&nbsp;venous disease,&nbsp;skin manifestations such as&nbsp;spider veins may appear, which may develop into&nbsp;varicose veins.2&nbsp;In advanced chronic&nbsp;venous disease, edema and &nbsp;changes in skin pigmentation also appear, as well as&nbsp;eczema,&nbsp;dermatitis&nbsp;and&nbsp;ulcers.2
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Treatment of venous insufficiency</h2>
Venous insufficiency&nbsp;is a&nbsp;chronic&nbsp;and progressive disease1&nbsp;in which several types of&nbsp;<a href="https://daflon.ph/daflon-for-heavy-painful-legs">treatment&nbsp;</a>are combined to improve&nbsp;symptoms. These&nbsp;treatments&nbsp;are intended to combat&nbsp;chronic venous disease.&nbsp;They consist of: the application of&nbsp;topical ointments&nbsp;(which help to improve the symptoms of&nbsp;heavy&nbsp;legs), combined with the taking of&nbsp;<a href="https://daflon.ph/daflon-for-heavy-painful-legs">medication with venotonic activity</a>. These&nbsp;drugs increase the tone of the blood capillaries, improve blood circulation and reduce&nbsp;edema, treating the problem at the source.2
Where necessary, usually related to the severity of&nbsp;venous insufficiency, the use of&nbsp;compression stockings&nbsp;or compression therapy is recommended. The aim is to prevent&nbsp;edema&nbsp;in the&nbsp;legs. Finally, in more serious cases,&nbsp;<a href="https://daflon.ph/blog/chronic-venous-insufficiency/treatments-varicose-veins">surgery </a>may be required.3
&nbsp;Early detection&nbsp;of&nbsp;venous insufficiency&nbsp;is very important, as is treatment from the onset of symptoms&nbsp;to prevent the pathology and symptoms from worsening and further deterioration.

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