What Causes Varicose Veins?

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4. Varicose Veins and Chronic Diseases

Varicose veins is a blood circulation condition. It is associated with several other conditions that seem to have a link to it. It is not well understood whether these conditions are risk factors for varicose veins, or varicose veins itself is a risk factor. Still, there seems to be a link between them and people with one condition are more likely to have the other compared to those without.

Conditions linked, or occurring together with varicose veins, include being overweight or obese, hypertension, heart disease, and high cholesterol.

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