Causes and Symptoms of Varicose Vein

Veins are thin blood vessels which carry blood from body organs back to heart. Varicose vein is entirely the problem of veins where some of the valves of vein between deep and superficial veins of leg start malfunctioning.

It is kind of condition in which the veins get magnified and become twisted. Varicose vein may occur in any part of body although it is mostly seen in leg region. Mostly legs and feet are affected by the malfunctioning of varicose vein.

There are many causes behind the induction of varicose vein in body. However, standing regularly for a longer time increases pressure on lower veins and it causes the problem of varicose vein.

In brief, varicose vein occurs in lower veins due to sluggish blood circulation due to constipation, lack of proper exercise, wrong diet for long period, chain smoking habit, etc. Apart from these reasons wrong habit of wearing tight fitted clothes, obesity, pregnancy, poor exercise are some other common reasons for development of varicose vein in a person.

Sometime overweight issue due to pregnancy induces the problem of varicose vein with the carrying mothers. However, in these cases in post-delivery period, the problem of varicose vein no more exists.

If we sit by crossing the legs regularly for a longer time, a general tendency of varicose vein gets developed. In some cases prior incident of surgery or unfortunate experience of leg trauma may cause varicose vein.

Natural aging is another prevalent condition for development of varicose vein in an individual; regular exercise and healthy balanced diet can prevent this disease in natural way.

People who have family history of varicose vein often prove to be vulnerable in developing the problem of varicose vein in their own life cycle. Research and study has proven the factor that women are more susceptible in developing the problem of varicose vein than men of their same age group. However, no specific reason for this susceptibility is medically proven till date.

The symptoms of varicose vein vary form one person to another affected patient. However, these are some general symptoms for this disease; pain and discomfort in legs, burning itchy sensation in legs, abnormal swelling of the ankle, frequent muscular cramp, pigmented skin tone, occurrence of red and white patches on skin tone in leg region, swollen veins, and in soma instances the patients face skin ulcer near the ankle.