I have varicose veins. Can I go to the spa, Turkish bath or sauna?

    Hot baths and spas in winter months , saunas start to look more attractive. While the water of hot springs is especially good for some health problems, it can cause problems in patients with varicose veins. Hot water, hot steam and hot environments alone do not cause the formation of varicose veins, but they cause your tendency to develop varicose veins and increase your complaints if you have varicose veins.

  To balance body temperature at high temperatures  blood vessels expand _11100000-0000-0000-0000-0000 00000111_and blood flow slows down. With the slowing down of blood flow in the legs and the expansion of the veins, swelling around the ankle, pain in the legs, feeling of fullness, cramps in the legs, burning of the soles of the feet, itching in the areas where varicose veins are present, and bleeding, especially in enlarged varicose veins close to the skin, may be observed.

If you have varicose veins, it is best to be examined by a cardiovascular surgeon who is an expert in his field to get information about the condition of your varicose veins before going to places such as spas, Turkish baths and saunas. It will be correct.