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Article: Varicose Veins; Facts to Know.
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- NWHRC Health Center - Varicose Veins
- Article date:
- March 17, 2005
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* Ninety percent of the "used" blood traveling from your legs back to your chest is carried by the deep veins located within the muscles. Vein abnormalities here aren't visible, but can be painful or even result in dangerous blood clots.
* The other 10 percent of the blood returning to your heart travels through veins closer to the surface; varicose veins here can be visibly swollen, knotted, twisted or bulging.
* According to the American College of Phlebology, about 80 million Americans have varicose veins or a related disorder, spider veins.
* As women age, they are more likely to develop varicose veins: 41 percent of women aged 40 to 50 ...