by David | Sep 9, 2020 | Health & Wellness
In women, varicose veins often begin early in pregnancy. Generally they occur on the legs although they can develop on the lower part of the belly and the vulva. There are a number of reasons for this. The blood from the legs has to flow up through...
by David | Aug 30, 2020 | Health & Wellness
In the days when open surgery was the main treatment of varicose veins (usually stripping), many doctors felt that treatment should be left until after the family had been completed. The reason for that opinion was that “recurrent” varicose veins were difficult to...
by David | Aug 11, 2020 | Health & Wellness
Your veins are part of the system which controls your body temperature (homeostasis). One of the ways that the veins help to do this is by radiating heat away from the body when your temperature rises above a certain level and limiting the heat loss when...
