How Birth Control Makes Your Leg Veins Worse
Hormonal birth control can assist in family planning, control your menstrual cycle, and even help you manage painful conditions, like polycystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis. Despite those benefits, you have to weigh the risks, large and small, before choosing your ideal type of birth control. Otherwise, you could get caught off-guard by the side effects, […]
Newly Pregnant? Here’s How Your Veins Will Be Affected in Coming Months
If you’re newly pregnant and noticing swollen, purplish veins near your skin’s surface, you’re definitely not alone. Known as varicose veins, many women notice these bulgy, sometimes “squiggly”-looking veins appear during pregnancy. It’s a common experience; up to 70 percent of pregnant women are thought to develop varicose veins in their legs, and up to 10 percent experience […]