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health advisory Hospital Diseases 2007-11-12 20:37:47

If you stand for long periods, this increases your risk of varicose and spider veins. It's simply that much harder for your veins to fight gravity and do their job.

High-heeled shoes stress leg veins further by forcing your calf muscles to stay contracted for long periods of time.

A tendency to get varicose and spider veins seems to run in families. If your parents and siblings develop them, you could, too.

Sometimes an injury can damage veins and set the stage for later problems.

Facial spider veins, especially visible in fair complexions, may be related to sun exposure in some people. Heavy alcohol drinkers and people who eat a lot of spicy or hot foods also seem more likely to develop spider veins on the face. On the other hand, many people with facial spider veins develop them even if they avoid all risk factors.

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I never heard that it was related to diabletes but standing for long periods of time will cause it or not enough circulaton in the legs.

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I know vericose veins are gentic and also cause by wearing shoes with no support or arch. It puts pressure on your legs. also standing on them too much cna break oyur veins causing them to burst

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Varicose veins are caused by a breadown of the veins, and the portions of them that help keep the blood from flowing backward. It's usually a lot more related to being on your feet a lot than anything like diabetes, although if you have poor circulation due to diabetes, I would imagine you'd be more likely to get varicose veins. I developed varicose veins when I was about 19 because I was on my feet a lot; I only weighed about 106 pounds at the time, and had no diabetes diagnosis (that didn't come until my mid-30s), and have no reason to think the two were related.

To help deal with problems involving the veins and their strength, be sure that your diet has plenty of vitamin C; a supplement of about a thousand milligrams a day helps a lot of people to avoid bruising.

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