IS IT TRUE?
1. Women
get varicose veins more often than men
2.
Pregnancy causes varicose veins
3. You
should wait until you've had your family before getting
your veins fixed
4.
Varicose veins are only cosmetic and can safely be left
alone
5.
Standing for long periods of time causes varicose veins
6.
Varicose Veins run in families
Women
get varicose veins more often than men
Recent studies conducted by Edinburgh Vein Study shows
that 40 per cent of the men examined had varicose veins
(compared with 32 per cent of the women). This concept
may have been propounded because more women consulted
doctors about varicose veins than men!
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Pregnancy causes varicose veins
Pregnancy does not cause varicose veins, but if you have
the underlying valve problem, they may become more
visible during pregnancy. However, they would have come
anyway sooner or later. This is true for 98% of all
women.
HOWEVER - there is a special group of patients
who DO get varicose veins because of pregnancy. These
are called "ovarian" or "pelvic" vein reflux and
typically cause Vulval Varicose Veins or varicose veins
of the Upper Inner Thigh or spreading over the backs of
the legs at the top of the thigh.
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You should wait until you've had your
family before getting your veins fixed
As noted above, pregnancy does not cause varicose
veins, but does make them worse. Therefore the sooner
the veins are fixed:
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The less damage will be
done to the skin of the lower legs by the pump failure
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The fewer number of
veins will have lost the valves so the quicker and
less extensive the treatment will be
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The smaller the extent
of the inflammation so the easier the treatment and
the quicker the recovery.
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Why suffer during
pregnancy whilst allowing the veins to worsen?
HOWEVER it should be done with proper
precautions and using the latest techniques which give
complete and permanent relief.
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Varicose veins are only cosmetic and
can safely be left alone
Varicose veins are not really the problem in
themselves. They are only there because there is an
underlying Leg Pump failure. As with any pump in the
body, or anywhere else for that matter, if the pumping
action isn't working then effects will be seen - and
will worsen as the pump fails more. Therefore treatment
should be aimed at fixing the leg pump. This will get
rid of the varicose veins and will also make the leg
pump properly again - and so will reduce the risks of
the symptoms of Leg Pump Failure coming back again (ie:
varicose veins, aching legs, venous eczema,
lipodermatosclerosis and venous leg ulcers).
Standing for long periods of time
causes varicose veins
Standing still for long periods of time probably does
not cause veins. However, if there is underlying leg
pump failure, then standing is most likely to make both
the symptoms and the speed of deterioration of the
varicose veins worse.
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Varicose Veins run in families
This is is the one "commonly known" fact about varicose
veins that does appear to be true. Varicose veins do run
in families. However, it is not necessary that every
person in the family will surely get varicose veins.
Similarly, even if there are no varicose veins in your
family at all, you can still have leg pump failure,
failed valves and varicose veins.
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