Does Genetics Play a Role in Varicose Veins?

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Around 23 percent of adults suffer from varicose veins in America.
The varicose veins seem to worsen as a person ages, and at the same time, they pass on to the next generation. Does this happen due to genetics?

According to the National Human Genome Human Research Institute, a genome is another name for the entirety of your DNA. Your DNA determines your specific genetic code and all the information needed to build and develop the one and only you! Each person has their own unique genome.

Varicose veins do tend run in families and hereditary factors are thought to play a role in whether you'll develop varicose veins.

But you can't blame it all on your parents. There are more other common links to developing varicose veins,

Excess Weight. Heredity Pregnancy Lack of Activity Age Surgery Hormones
There are some things about varicose veins that are out of our control they are written somewhere in your DNA! But there are things you can do to help prevent them:
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