Take steps to improve blood flow to legs and help prevent venous conditions such as varicose and spider veins. Suggestions ...

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in the deep veins of the leg. When valves inside of the veins of the leg fail, blood flows in the wrong direction and pools in the lower leg, causing pressure within the veins of the leg to increase ...

Engineers at Georgia Tech developed the prosthetic vein valve shown here to help improve the lives of those suffering from a condition known as chronic venous insufficiency. Disclaimer ...

Your veins bring blood back to the heart after it flows through your body. Veins have valves that keep the blood moving in one direction—toward the heart. But with venous insufficiency, the veins of ...

Varicose veins affect millions of people, yet many don’t fully understand what causes them, how to prevent them, or what treatment options are available. In this article, we answer some of the most ...

Instead of pushing the blood in one direction through the circulatory system, the valves may allow blood to flow back into the veins instead of toward the heart. This blood collects in the body.

It is used to remove a damaged vein and prevent complications of vein damage. If several valves in a vein and the vein itself are heavily damaged, the vein (or the diseased part of the vein) is ...

A series of one-way bicuspid valves prevents refluxing of blood back into the leg. As blood is ejected from the deep veins, venous pressure drops allowing blood to flow from the superficial system ...

They also use the movement of nearby muscles to move it along. The veins also have valves that keep blood from flowing backward and pooling in your arms and legs. When your blood doesn't move as ...

Q. My mother had varicose veins in her legs and now I’m getting them. She put up with them. I don’t want to. So how do I get rid of them? A. Varicose veins are twisted and enlarged ...