They can show up anywhere on the body but most often appear on the legs or pelvic area. Spider veins are smaller, red, purple, and blue vessels that also twist and turn. Spider veins are easily ...

I’ve never had supermodel legs, but in my 30s and 40s, I started noticing thin, squiggly blue and purple veins mostly below my knees and around my calves. I had one slightly bulging blue vein on ...

Varicose veins are enlarged veins that are visible through the skin and may appear as blue or purple twisted, knot-like cords. Varicose veins can occur anywhere in the body, but are more commonly ...

Aside from the "purple snake" effect, varicose veins can cramp or throb at night. So much blood pools into the legs, that it can cause the legs to feel heavy and leaden. If clear fluid from the ...

Varicose veins appear more prominent and blue or purple compared to normal veins ... As per studies, there are 3 to 5 valves in the veins of our legs. It is through these valves that the blood ...

In severe cases, they can lead to more serious problems, such as ulcers (open sores) on the legs or, according to one study, clots in the deep veins of the legs. Varicose veins tend to be more common ...

But with venous insufficiency, the veins of the legs might not work as they should ... The first sign of a venous skin ulcer is skin that turns dark red or purple over the area where the blood is ...

There’s a common belief that crossing your legs can lead to varicose veins: the enlarged, blue or purple veins that often develop just below the skin in our legs. Varicose veins are caused by ...