Varicose Veins Risk Factors

Varicose Veins are the problem, whose actual cause is still unknown to the researchers. The incomplete knowledge often creates misunderstandings and may result in risk factors. There are several risk factors that are associated with varicose veins. The probability of each risk factor depends upon the circumstances of risks.

Following are some risk factors of varicose veins:

Heredity:

Thefamily history matters a lot in causing varicose veins. If one’s grandmother or mother had this problem, then there are high possibilities of one having varicose veins.

Gender:

The risk of developing varicose veins is greater in women. Women are at high risk as compared to men, most probably because the sex hormones of women that is the progesterone and estrogen make the blood vessels to loosen up, as a result the gap appears between the valves. And the gap in valves makes them unable to stop the backflow of the blood into the pool of veins.

Obesity:

Obesity or excess weight puts extra pressure on the surface of veins, and makes them weak. The weak walls become helpless to tolerate the excess pressure and ultimately become varicosed.

Pregnancy:

The changes that occur in body during pregnancy are also one of the high risk factors of varicose veins. The varicose veins that appear during pregnancy, normally disappears by itself after few months of delivery. If one gets varicose veins while conceiving for the first time, then one may get it even during the second time of pregnancy.

And this time, it might be even worsen. The risk of varicose veins arises during pregnancy, because with the development of fetus, the size of uterus also increases, which creates pressure over the veins in legs and ultimately cause varicose veins to occur.

Prolonged standing and sitting habits:

There are many people in the world who are in the jobs that demands either long time sitting or long time standing. These people are also at the high risk of developing varicose veins. Standing continuously for long can cause weakening of vein walls, whereas the prolonged sitting can increase the veins inflammation.

Risk factors of varicose veins are probably not the direct cause of the problem, but they somehow are related with the development of the varicose veins. It is also not like if the risk factors are not present then one can not have varicose veins.

Many times it is seen that the patient who is found to have varicose veins does not have any risk factors. Therefore the absence of risk factors cannot guard one from having varicose veins. So, better to stay, alert.