Four out of five people who suffer from chronic venous insufficiency resulting from their work, are women.

• 65% of people relate to endure discomfort for five hours over two hours standing or sitting in their jobs are housewives, hairdressers, receptionists and waiters. • Only 36% of those symptomatic with your doctor for this problem. • 93 percent of those involved in his job fighting these symptoms with postural measures. • Request a business administration major and the prevention measures in the workplace. • The impact of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower labor ranges between 6 and 17% according to the doctors and reaches 20% according to the patients. "Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a condition often deteriorates significantly the quality of life of people who have a job that requires them to stand or sit too long." Covered in the book on white chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and its impact on the Spanish health system, who was president of the Spanish Chapter of Phlebology, Alberto Masegosa, warns that "the consulting physician or the use of preventive measures are low." The experts emphasized that "prevention campaigns should include the various fields, from those taken by the individual through corporate or government, and with the advice and collaboration of scientific societies." Masegosa explains why this need. "The drainage of blood from the veins of the lower limbs occurs efficiently during exercise, the effect of the pump of the calf muscle, and the lie, because they equalize the pressure between the veins of the lower limbs and the right atrium. Daily activities makes it difficult for many people exercise the power or lifting the legs with the consequent difficulty of draining blood from them. This is especially marked in certain occupational activities, especially those requiring several hours of prolonged standing or a sedentary lifestyle. Exposure to heat or nearby activities in hot environments, increasing the symptoms. " Continued discussion of the vascular surgeon. "In people without venous disease of the lower extremities that results in pain and swelling with a consequent deterioration in their quality of life. However, in the case of people with alteration in the normal functioning of the valves of the veins of the lower extremities, in addition to the symptoms increases the progression of their disease until more severe stages. Fieldwork carried out by the Spanish Chapter of Phlebology affects the impact of IVC in the professional field. The findings are enlightening. 65% of people reporting discomfort at some point in their careers were housewives, hairdressers, receptionists and waiters. Four out of five women who had symptoms. Of those who responded affirmatively to the existence of symptoms of CVI, the majority spent more than five hours a day standing or sitting two. Of those with symptoms 42% had daily, 26.8% had symptoms that were frequent and 33.1% had that occasionally. Only 36% of symptomatic individuals consulted their doctor for this problem. Rioja battle Postural measures 93%, elastic stockings, and medication with 34.9%, only 31.8% with medication and only came to the vascular surgeon 15.5%. The white paper references on chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and its impact on the Spanish health published by the Spanish Chapter of Phlebology (CEF) of the Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery (SEACV), is based on information obtained from surveys managers and professionals in medicine and to patients. Among the most notable findings of this white paper highlights the fact that "the preventive measures against the IVC in the workplace have significant efficacy. Moreover, the fact of having IVC and have a profession of risk produces a clear decrease in the quality of life. " The impact of chronic venous insufficiency of the sick leave in people who have IVC ranges between 6 and 17 per cent, according to doctors and reaches 20% according to the patients.
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