{"id":22608,"date":"2013-03-18T16:58:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T15:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/varicose-veins"},"modified":"2023-01-31T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:44:06","slug":"varicose-veins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/varicose-veins","title":{"rendered":"Varicose Veins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According a survey conducted by the World Health Organization, venous diseases are among the most common diseases overall. Venous diseases have become a disease of the industrialized world with increasing tendency. In Germany alone, approx. 32 million people suffer from light to moderate venous symptoms. If these remain undetected and additional <a title=\"What are the risk factors for the development of varicose veins?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/risikofaktoren-krampfadern\">risk factors<\/a> come into play, the disease steadily progresses.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Varicose veins should not be taken lightly. In the past, venous diseases were regarded as a trifle far too often.<\/p>\n<p>People with varicose veins are at significantly higher risk of developing <a title=\"Thrombosis \/ Pulmonary Embolism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/thrombosis-pulmonary-embolism\">thrombosis or a lung embolism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you recognize varicose veins?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most patients who seek a &#8220;venous specialist&#8221; suffer from varicose veins. Some patients are more focused on the cosmetic aspects, others on the typical symptoms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy, tired, and swollen legs (particularly in the warmer seasons) are important markers of the disease, as is tension in the legs.<\/li>\n<li>At an advanced stage, brown pigment spots are visible in the areas of the ankles or the lower thigh.<\/li>\n<li>Rare: cramping in the calves at night, tingling or restlessness in the legs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According a survey conducted by the World Health Organization, venous diseases are among the most common diseases overall. Venous diseases have become a disease of the industrialized world with increasing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23432,"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22608\/revisions\/23432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gefaesscentrum-koeln.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}