A Young Mom Learns How Troubling Varicose Veins Can Be During Pregnancy

As if morning sickness isn’t enough, women who have varicose veins often experience worsening symptoms like aching, throbbing, and swelling during pregnancy. Pregnancy increases the blood volume in a woman’s body, which adds to the stress on the one-way valves in the legs’ veins. In addition, an increase in the hormone progesterone can cause blood vessel walls to relax. These bodily changes, plus a genetic predisposition for varicose veins, make it harder for the one-way vein valves in the leg veins to keep moving blood upward toward the heart. When the valves fail to function correctly, blood may pool and cause the vein to become enlarged, or varicose. At East Tennessee Vein Clinic, we help many women get rid of their varicose veins so they don’t have to deal with leg pain during pregnancy and beyond, while running around after little ones. Like Doss, when these women learn that the procedures are quick and non-invasive, plus typically covered by insurance, they’re relieved and glad they didn’t postpone treatment longer. http://www.easttennesseeveinclinic.com/blog-2/view/13/a-young-mom-learns-how-troubling-varicose-veins-can-be-during-pregnancy