Varicose Veins Treatments – 5 Top Myths
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There is a lot of nonsense talked about varicose veins and I would like to bust the commonest 5 myths about varicose veins that I hear nearly every week in my vein clinic.
The first myth is that pregnancy causes varicose veins. This is simply wrong. Varicose veins may appear in pregnancy for the first time but only if there is a pre-disposition to a condition called superficial venous reflux in which the valves are unhealthy. Many men as well as women who have not had children are affected … Continue reading »