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THE BEST OF SEASON 1: Varicose Veins & Venous Insufficiency

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Varicose Veins

The biggest single causes, softball injuries catch a line drive to the leg and wind up with varicose veins. You make them right around puberty, you make them for sure during pregnancy,. And then the perimenopausal period is often a time when women will come back and say, yeah, I'm starting to make some new veins here. Because the blood doesn't flow well in them, it sits in the veins and can sometimes form clots.

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