Causes of varicose veins

So the predominant causes of varicose veins are hereditary. So we know by looking at studies that if mom and dad had varicose veins then their offspring more likely would have varicose veins even in a neighborhood of 80%. If one parent has it it's less and if no parents have it you still can develop varicose veins in the population about 20% and the rationale for that is that there are many items that can contribute to varicose veins for health reasons and so we look at the number of pregnancies we look at job description we look at body habitus, whether you're overweight or not. And there are others that we can look at in terms of that can contribute to the cause of varicose veins, including heart problems.