Varicose veins can be potentially dangerous to health, causing ulcers, clots. May 7, 2012— -- Brett Peaks, a former college baseball player and lawyer, began to notice that his legs were "tired ...

When the veins in the legs function properly, they carry blood to your heart. But when they start to malfunction, they may carry blood in the opposite direction, causing it to pool in your legs and ...

As a curious child, you might remember staring at an older relative's thick stockings at the blue, gnarled veins lying under the skin like bumpy snakes. Known as varicose veins, these blood vessels, ...

Bulging, discolored veins in your legs may be doing more than making you self-conscious in shorts. Discomfort, swelling, itching and rashes are common side effects of varicose veins that may interfere ...

If you have varicose veins, you already may have been scheduled for sclerotherapy treatment to remove your varicose veins. But maybe you still have some questions about the sclerotherapy procedure and ...

Varicose veins can affect people at any age, so it’s important to know what to look for and when to seek treatment. It’s not unusual for people, especially women, to begin seeing varicose veins on ...

Varicose veins—visible, swollen blood vessels underneath your skin, usually in your legs—can happen when blood that usually flows toward your heart backs up and pools in a vein. Varicose veins are not ...

On a summer day, many people like to wear shorts to get some relief in the heat. But for people with varicose veins, the idea of wearing shorts can lead to more anxiety than comfort. Varicose veins ...

Chances are, you're uncomfortably familiar with varicose veins—more than 40 million Americans have them, with nearly half of the 50+ crowd dealing with them—but as for what they are exactly, let's ...

Bulging varicose veins are not only unsightly; they can also be very painful. Today, thanks to new technology, several minimally or noninvasive treatment options are available to treat varicose veins ...