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Risk factor no. 1 is one's
age: Studies have shown that severe vein disorders are found seven times
more frequently in sixty year-olds than in twenty year-olds. Other risks
of accelerating or even engendering a vein disorder are obesity, lack of
exercise, general hormonal influences in the case of women and hormonal
changes and mechanical hindrances to venous blood flow in pregnancy. The
frequently cited genetic inheritance of a connective tissue insufficiency
as a cause of the development of varicose veins has not been definitely
proven.
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