Varicose veins is most commonly seen in people who are overweight or stand a lot more during the day. Other risk factors include pregnancy as Dr. Gwozdz tells us more in this video.
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So, with varicose veins, we see an aging population has more varicose veins. Women get more varicose veins than men. It's increased in pregnancy. It's increased in weight gain in patients that have larger abdominal girth that result in pressure in the legs and increase in venous hypertension, and we see it in people who stand for longer periods of time at work, and we see it, certainly it gets worse later in the day.
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