Can you get varicose veins?

Can you get varicose veins?
An estimated 80 million adults in the U.S. alone suffer from leg vein disease. What are your chances of getting them?
Twisted, enlarged blood vessels most commonly found in the legs and feet, varicose veins are caused by blood pooling when valves malfunction and veins lose the elasticity needed to propel blood back to the heart.
It's not just woman thing
The majority of patients who seek treatment for leg vein problems are women. However, varicose veins do occur in men too.
Hormones also play a role here. Estrogen and progesterone is the culprit, researches believe, and most likely it is the balance of these two hormones that is important. Prolonged use of topical steroids also has been shown to cause spider veins.
Know your veins' triggers
Heredity can play a role. There is an inherited tendency for vein wall weakness or valve abnormalities.
Standing or sitting occupations are known contributors to vein disease. Also, people with type A blood or elderly folks have more of a risk.
Varicose veins is also twice as frequent in obese, overweight and tall people as in normal weight adults.
The mama blues
Pregnancy is a frequent but overlooked cause of varicose veins. Venous disease may develop as early as 6 weeks into pregnancy, long before the uterus is large enough to cause an increase in abdominal pressure. That�s sometimes even before the first missed menstrual period. Vein disease is sometimes the first sign of pregnancy.
Pregnancy also causes an increase in the actual amount of blood volume. Veins are therefore subject to higher pressure. It�s like adding water to an already bulging water balloon.
In addition to hormonal changes in pregnancy, the use of oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy may promote vein expansion.
Pregnancy also increases the risk of vein inflammation associated with a build-up of blood products (thrombophlebitis) capable of causing a blockage. Not only can it destroy valves leading to varicose vein information, thrombophlebitis can also lead to pulmonary embolism, which occurs when blood carries the clot to the arteries in the lungs, causing a potentially life threatening obstruction.
Protect your legs
Trauma may also cause vein disease. Anything that causes damage-from a hit of a tennis ball to a surgical incision-may lead to formation of new blood vessels or cause existing ones to dilate and grow.
Many people will be happy to know that, contrary to popular belief, there is no scientific evidence that crossing your legs causes vein problems.
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