Varicose veins - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2024年2月6日 · Varicose veins are bulging, enlarged veins. Any vein that is close to the skin's surface, called superficial, can become varicosed. Varicose veins most often affect the veins in the legs.
Tortuous Veins: From Diagnosis to Treatment | The Heart House
Tortuous veins refer to twisted, elongated, and dilated veins that have lost their normal shape and structure. They often develop in the legs because leg veins work against gravity to return blood to the heart. Weakened valves in leg veins allow blood to flow backward and pool in veins, causing twisting, elongation, and enlargement of the veins.
Varicose (Spider) Veins: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
2019年3月8日 · Varicose veins (varicoses or varicosities) occur when your veins become enlarged, dilated, and overfilled with blood. They typically appear swollen and raised, have a bluish-purple or red...
Varicose Veins: Causes & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
2024年8月29日 · Varicose veins are swollen veins that appear just under the skin in your legs, feet or ankles. When your vein walls are weak and your valves aren’t working right, blood backs up in your vein. This causes blue and purple bulges.
Venous Disease: Types, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
2023年2月3日 · Deep vein thrombosis (DVT): This is a blood clot that occurs in a deep vein (including arms and legs). Deep vein thrombosis itself isn’t life-threatening. However, the blood clot has the potential to break free and travel through the bloodstream, where it can stick in your lung’s blood vessels and become a pulmonary embolism. This can be a ...
Varicose Veins: Diagnosis and Treatment - AAFP
2019年6月1日 · Varicose veins are twisted, dilated veins most commonly located on the lower extremities. The exact pathophysiology is debated, but it involves a genetic predisposition, incompetent valves,...
Varicose Veins - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年8月8日 · Varicose veins are characterized by subcutaneous dilated, tortuous veins greater than or equal to three millimeters, involving the saphenous veins, saphenous tributaries, or non-saphenous superficial leg veins with age and family history considered important risk factors.
Varicose Veins - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a serious condition with blood clots in the deep veins. This condition does not usually happen with varicose veins. That is because varicose veins affect the veins close to the surface of the skin.
Varicose Veins - Cardiovascular Disorders - MSD Manual ...
Varicose veins are dilated superficial veins in the lower extremities. Usually, no cause is obvious. Varicose veins are typically asymptomatic but may cause a sense of fullness, pressure, and pain or hyperesthesia in the legs. Diagnosis is by physical examination. Treatment may include compression, wound care, sclerotherapy, and surgery.
Varicose veins: Causes, symptoms, treatment - Medical News Today
2024年12月17日 · Varicose veins are a common health issue that develops when atypical or damaged valves in the veins allow blood to flow in the wrong direction or to pool. They usually develop on the legs,...