Varicose Veins

Spider Veins

Vein gymnastics in the barefoot park Dornstetten, Germany. An Indian Railways worker affected by varicose veins in Karnataka, India. Varicose veins are veins on the leg which are large, twisted, and ropelike, and can cause pain, swelling, or itching. They are an extreme form of telangiectasia, or spider veins. Varicose veins result due to insufficiency of the valves in the communicating veins. These are veins which link the superficial and deep veins of the lower limb. Normally, ...