Facts About Varicose Veins

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Six Facts About Varicose Veins

• While wearing shorts, many people are concerned
  about how their legs look are they too white,
  too hairy, too flabby? However, while examining
  the color and shapeliness of your legs, you may
  notice a couple of purple-colored veins winding
  around. No, those are not worms that have taken
  up residency in your legs, instead they are known
  as varicose veins.
• The book, Say Goodbye to Varicose and Spider
  Veins Now!, states that this condition affects
  more than 80 million American adults. Now thats
  a pretty serious condition, demanding some
  serious thoughts. So its time to share a few
  facts related to varicose veins.

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Fact 1 Neither crossing your legs for a longer
period of time nor wearing stilettos or other
high-heeled footwear causes varicose veins

• "These are just old wives' tales," quips Luis
  Navarro, MD, whos the medical director and the
  founder The Vein Treatment Center in NYC. This
  condition is caused by pooling of blood, which is
  a common problem caused by prolonged sitting or
  standing. And as Dr. Navarro notes, other causes
  of this condition include smoking, obesity,
  hormonal birth control and lack of exercise.

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Fact 2 This condition is way more than a mere
cosmetic woe

• Varicose veins, if ignored, will cause serious
  health issues. Dr. Navarro explains these veins
  cause fatigue in the legs along with general
  discomfort and swelling. He adds that these vines
  can be an indication to a lot of serious,
  long-term medical conditions including blood
  clots, leg swelling, poor circulation and deep
  vein thrombosis. So consider getting a varicose
  veins treatment if your legs start to feel sore
  and really heavy whenever a day filled with a lot
  of physical activities ends.

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Fact 3 This condition is definitely genetic

• The condition of varicose veins is genetic, but
  dont jump the gun by blaming one of your
  parents. According to several leading researchers
  and doctors, you can easily inherit the
  tendencies from both sides of your family and
  even from your previous generations.

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Fact 4 Varicose veins and spider veins arent
two sides of the same coin

• While they look similar, the two conditions are
  quite different. Spider veins are usually
  harmless, thin, small blue-blood vessels, which
  are visible under the skin, and counted as a
  symptom of varicose vein formation and poor
  circulation. Whereas, varicose veins are thick
  and have a ropey look protruding out of your
  legs, stretched-out veins having pooled blood,
  and occurring whenever one-way valves arent
  working the way they should.
• Garth Rosenberg, a vascular surgeon in Capitol
  Vein and Laser Center in Frederick, MD, explains,
  "It's not uncommon to have varicose and spider
  veins in one leg."

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Fact 5 This condition is common in not only
females but also males

• Experts say that from 70 to 80 percent of cases
  of varicose veins include females. However, that
  doesnt mean males are spared from this
  condition. They can suffer from a lot of venous
  diseases, but the chances of them seeking
  treatments are very low.

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Fact 6 Sometimes pregnancy brings varicose veins

• The author of Say Goodbye to Varicose and Spider
  Veins Now!, Dr. Greg Martin, explains that
  pregnancy often causes high pressure against
  inferior vena cavathats the chief vein, which
  is supposed to drain the blood from a bodys
  lower half. Also, in certain body positions, the
  fetus can block the blood flow causing varicose
  veins.
• Further, an expectant mothers body secretes a
  lot of hormones during this phase this excessive
  hormonal production in the body can cause veins
  smooth muscles to relax. With such relaxing of
  muscles, either the veins storage capacity or
  their propensity to dilate is increased.
  Remember Anything that increases abdominal
  pressure in a body can lead to varicose veins.
  Thats why obesity is also one of the main
  reasons why this condition happens.

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