Reasons for varicose veins occur primarily in legs?

Varicose veins are very common in India, with ten million cases of the disease are registered every year. Over 30 per cent of the adults are estimated to suffer from this disease. It basically refers to veins that become bulged or enlarged. This is due to the blood circulation of the veins is affected. In a normal and healthy person, there are valves that stop the blood from getting stagnant or flowing backwards. But in varicose veins, the valves are damaged and become weak, so that they can no longer stop the blood from stagnating or flowing backward.

When you see varicose veins, be sure to consult a vein specialist as soon as possible to tackle the problem as early as possible. If you thought of practicing some preventative care to not occur varicose veins the top place to look is your legs. Although varicose veins do not exclusively occur in the legs–that is the first place you will find them.
 

The reason – Why varicose veins occur primarily in the legs?

Gravity – In a short, to describe why varicose veins occur primarily in the legs.
That’s true. This all about science.

Let’s discuss about how veins work in your body, before we get into why varicose veins develop primarily in legs, 
Arteries and veins are part of the circulatory system which helps in circulation of blood through our body. Arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, whereas veins carry deoxygenated blood from the rest of the body to the heart. The veins in legs must work against gravity  in order to supply blood to the heart.

Muscle contractions in lower legs act as pumps and valves in veins open to help blood flow towards heart then close to stop blood from flowing backward.
When these valves are weak or damaged, it will lead to some trouble.

Why so?

When the valves in veins are not functioning how they should do, this leads blood to flow backward and gets pooled. When the blood pools, veins become bulged and twisted which result in the varicose veins that you see.

Let’s discuss why varicose veins occur primarily in the legs.

1. Firstly, the veins in hands and the rest of the body are closer to heart as compared to legs which are far away from the heart.
2. Secondly, the gravity acts against veins in legs. Veins must work against gravity to return blood to the heart. As the veins in legs are far away from the heart, blood has to travel a longer way against gravity. As we spend most of our time either standing or sitting our veins constantly fight against the natural flow of gravity in order to return blood back to the heart.
3. Thirdly, legs are being most affected because of sedentary lifestyle. When we sit or stand for longer periods of time, muscles do not contract as they usually do, which helps blood pump back towards the heart.

All these reasons answers why legs are the primary place to find varicose veins.

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