Look up: Varicose Veins

1. Varicose Veins
   Dilatation of veins, usually in the legs, due to rupturing of the small valves in the veins. Many pregnant women experience distended, enlarged veins on their legs
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2. varicose veins
   These are abnormally swollen veins, usually on the legs. They are a common, often hereditary condition during pregnancy, and can be helped by wearing support stockings.
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3. Varicose veins
   enlarged, twisted veins just below the surface of the skin, caused by defective valves in the veins
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4. Varicose veins
   abnormally dilated or enlarged veins
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5. Varicose veins
   Our Varicose veins Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Varicose veins Varicose veins: See: Varicose vein.Common Misspellings: varicse veins, vericose veins, vaicose veins
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6. varicose veins
   Permanent dilation and tortuosity of vein's, most commonly seen in the legs, probably as a result of congenitally incomplete valves; there is a predisposition to varicose vein's among persons in occupations requiring long periods of standing, and in pregnant women. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. varicose veins
   swollen, distended, and knotted veins, usually in the subcutaneous tissues of a lower limb. Varicose veins are caused by difficulties in the return of blood to the heart from the lower limbs, because the blood has to be pushed upwards against the pull of gravity. Problems arise most often when a person stands too long, sits wit...
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8. Varicose Veins
   A vein that has become dilated, bulging and twisted. Varicose veins are more common in women who have had children, and the more pregnancies women have, the more likely they are to develop varicose veins. Varicose veins look like swollen veins raised above the surface of the skin. They can be dark p...
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9. Varicose Veins
   Varicose Veins is a condition of permanently dilated veins. It occurs mainly in the lower limbs, the lowest part of the bowel (piles or haemorrhoids) or the spermatic cord (varicocele). The condition is caused by a hindrance of the flow of blood from the lower parts of the body to the heart, sometimes caused by a breadown of the valves.
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10. varicose veins
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. permanent dilation and tortuosity of veins, most commonly seen in the legs, probably as a result of congenitally incomplete valves; there is a predisposition to varicose veins among persons in occupations requiring long periods of standing, and in pregnant women.
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11. varicose veins
    Condition in which the veins become swollen and twisted. The veins of the legs are most often affected; other vulnerable sites include the rectum (haemorrhoids) and testes. Some people have an inherited tendency to varicose veins, and the condition often appears in pregnant women, but obstructed blood flow is the direct cause. They may cause a ...
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12. Varicose veins
    `Varicose veins` are archivedate=--> Mount Sinai Hospital, New York--> although varicose veins can occur elsewhere. Veins have leaflet valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards (retrograde). Leg muscles pump the veins to return blood to the heart, against the effects of gravity. When veins beco...
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