Varicose veins of leg

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• Causes

  • Old age
  • Female gender
  • Pregnancy
  • Obesity
  • Polygenic inheritance
  • Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
  • Klinefelter syndrome

• Effects

  • Calf pain
  • Venous ulcer
  • Cutaneous haemosiderosis
  • Lipodermatosclerosis
  • Pitting ankle oedema
  • Saphena varix
  • Deep vein thrombosis

• Parents

  • Varicose vein

• Treatments

  • Varicose vein surgery