What is Varicose veins?

Beautiful legs without varisesVarises occur when the valves leaking blood vessels. The cause of valve leaking blood vessels due to genetic predisposition or because a person's weight is too heavy, or any other cause when a woman is pregnant and her belly began to swell. Another cause for standing in a long time. When these valves fail, blood pools form beneath them, causing the vein or veins swell, or stand out and become what we know as varicose veins.

Varicose veins occur because of the dilation and lack of elasticity in the veins or venous blood vessels that bring blood dirty work of the entire body back to the heart. Dilation of blood vessels is usually caused by abnormalities in heart valve so that blood can not flow to the heart and consequently accumulate in the blood vessels and form a bulge.

Blood vessels are seen protruding is seen in patients with varicose veins usually appear in the calf even though it can appear anywhere. For example in the anus which can also cause hemorrhoids.