Varicose veins
Varicose veins are a condition in which the veins in the leg area have become bigger. The condition not only looks bad, it also creates itching and painful problems.
Varicose veins are very common, affecting about 30% of people at some time in their lives.[1][2][3] They become more common with age.[2] Women develop varicose veins about twice as often as men. Varicose veins have been described throughout history and have been treated with surgery since at least A.D. 400.[4]
Varicose Veins Media
How a varicose vein forms in a leg. Figure A shows a normal vein with a working valve and normal blood flow. Figure B shows a varicose vein with a deformed valve, abnormal blood flow, and thin, stretched walls. The middle image shows where varicose veins might appear in a leg.
Comparison of healthy and varicose veins
References
- ↑ Non-randomized comparative study of three methods for great saphenous vein ablation associated with mini-phlebectomy; 48 months clinical and sonographic outcome (in en). Annals of Medicine and Surgery 80 (August 2022). p. 104036. doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104036.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Varicose Veins. medlineplus.gov. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ↑ Varicose veins Introduction – Health encyclopaedia (8 November 2007)NHS Direct. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ↑ Handbook of Venous Disorders : Guidelines of the American Venous Forum (in en) (2008)CRC Press. p. 6. ISBN 9781444109689.