For those who are overweight or have very swollen legs, your surgeon may also recommend a compression pump, a plastic sleeve ...

The blood in the veins of the legs works against gravity in order to return upwards to the heart. The blood is moved up towards the heart by one-way valves in the veins. When the leg muscles contract ...

Vein ligation and stripping is a minor surgery. It is used to remove a damaged vein and prevent complications of vein damage. If several valves in a vein and the vein itself are heavily damaged, the ...

For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope with high pressure blood flow and the veins contain valves to prevent the ...

In a normal leg with no varicose veins, valves which regulate blood flow from the leg upwards to the heart function normally and do not allow reverse flow of the blood into the leg. In case of ...

For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope with high pressure blood flow and the veins contain valves to prevent the ...

Varicose veins are due to weak or damaged valves in the veins that help to control blood flow towards the heart. When they’re ...

“Varicose veins are those swollen, twisted veins you usually see on the legs and feet”, he explains. “They happen when the valves in the veins that help blood flow get weak or ...

They also use the movement of nearby muscles to move it along. The veins also have valves that keep blood from flowing backward and pooling in your arms and legs. When your blood doesn't move as ...