Healthy Life

More than 20 million people suffer from varicose veins.Veins play a crucial role in pushing old, stagnant blood from our legs BACK to the heart, working against gravity.Valves are essential in this process because they push the blood up against gravity and stop it from flowing backward.These Vein Valves Work Like One-Way Gates. Letting Blood Flow In One Direction But NEVER THE OTHER WAY. As the vein valves wear out, they can no longer push old blood from our legs back to the heart. This causes the blood to get trapped in the vein in different areas - particularly behind the vein valves. Resulting in old, stagnant blood pooling in your legs. As the blood pools, the pressure within the affected veins begin to increase. This pressure causes the veins to expand, making them BULGE. Similar to a kinked hose that restricts water from flowing, this leads to backups, swelling and bulging veins.