Varicose veins are a very common health problem these days. Varicose veins are a condition in which the veins in the legs look like swollen, tangled snakes. Many people suffer from this. In most it remains a mere cosmetic problem for life. But some people experience leg pain, swelling, skin changes, sores, and delayed wound healing.
Some of the symptoms are: In some cases, these blood vessels can burst and bleed. Veins are the blood vessels that take the oxygenated blood from the heart to the parts of the body and return it to the heart. The blood flow in these is always towards the heart. Blood returns from the limbs.
Veins have valves to prevent the blood from going up due to muscle pumping action. They help keep blood from flowing downwards, and varicose veins occur when these valves become damaged. Heredity, standing for long periods of time, obesity etc. can cause this.
Varicose veins caused by other causes are called secondary varicose veins. Some women have this problem during pregnancy. Tumors, growths etc. in the stomach also cause varicosities in the same way. Understand the symptoms of this disease early and seek treatment. Watch the full video to know more about it.