For those who are overweight or have very swollen legs, your surgeon may also recommend a compression pump, a plastic sleeve to wear on the lower legs for several hours each day that compresses the ...

She explained that the veins in our legs must work against gravity to return blood up to our heart. “They have valves inside of them to prevent gravity from pulling the blood back down to our ...

Both varicose and spider veins result when valves designed to keep blood from running backward away from the heart and back down into the leg fail or become loose and flabby -- allowing backwash ...

If the ligation cuts off a faulty valve and the vein and valves below the faulty valve are healthy, the vein may be left in place to continue circulating blood through other veins that still have ...

Blood clots, or thrombosis, especially in the legs (DVT), pose serious health risks. Extended inactivity, trauma, medical ...

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 ...

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 affect millions of people, yet many don’t fully understand what causes them, how to prevent them, or what treatment options are available. In this article, we answer some of the most ...

Blood is always flowing inside your body. But sometimes it doesn't move as well as it should, like after surgery, in pregnancy, or when you're sitting during a long trip. When that happens, you ...

Lucknow: Varicose veins can lead to severe pain and complications if left untreated, said experts during a continuing medical ...

A series of one-way bicuspid valves prevents refluxing of blood back into the leg. As blood is ejected from the deep veins, venous pressure drops allowing blood to flow from the superficial system ...

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 ...