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Up Close - Women's Health - September 27, 2012 |
By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business
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Varicose veins, a disorder typically occurring in the legs when a vein malfunctions, more often affect women than men and can raise medical concerns, including fatigue and pain, say health care professionals in Spokane.
The vein disease occurs when one-way valves in veins that return blood to the heart from the leg fail or leak, and the blood flows backwards, causing blood to pool in the veins. The increased pressure from the pooling stretches the vein and causes enlarged, twisted...
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The vein disease occurs when one-way valves in veins that return blood to the heart from the leg fail or leak, and the blood flows backwards, causing blood to pool in the veins. The increased pressure from the pooling stretches the vein and causes enlarged, twisted...
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