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Varicose veins are swollen veins that do not function properly. They are veins that are enlarged, bulged, look blue, and show through the skin. Varicose veins most commonly occur in the superficial veins of your legs, subjected to high pressure when standing. The function of veins is to carry blood towards the heart and lungs against gravity with the help of valves. When these valves fail to function, the blood does not flow upwards. Instead, it fails to move against gravity, resulting in blood over-filling the veins and giving them a bulged appearance.

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