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Show pearance of the legs. However, treatment can prevent the complications which sometimes arise when varicose veins are neglected. If you are having pain, or discomfort, you should see your doctor to determine if the veins are causing your symptoms and whether treatment treat-ment is indicated. The condition of varicose veins varies a great deal. Sometimes only a short section of a single vein is involved; sometimes nearly all the veins in one or both legs are affected. af-fected. Most cases involve the surface veins which lie just under un-der the skin. Although medical science has not yet discovered how to keep varicose veins from occurring, oc-curring, treatment today is more effective than ever before. be-fore. Disability can be prevented prevent-ed if patients who need it are given prompt and thorough medical or surgical care. Periodic medical checkups are advisable for people with varicose veins. Let your doctor decide whether or not you need treatment; don't trust your jurgment. If your veins seem to be getting worse, your doctor doc-tor can prevent serious damage dam-age if you see him soon enough. For advice about heart and circulatory diseases, always al-ways ask your doctor; for heart information, ask your Heart Association. Heart experts comment on varicose veins One of the most common of the circulatory disorders is varicose var-icose veins. If you have them, you are only one of many people peo-ple with enlarged and distorted veins. They are a common complaint in both men and women. wo-men. Some people acquire varicose var-icose veins from injury or infection, in-fection, but it is not clearly understood why they develop in others. It is believed that a tendency to varicose veins may be inherited. Doctors can treat varicose veins to make them less prominent promi-nent and to improve the ap- |
