Varicose veins or varicose veins - a disease that is getting younger every year and is one of the pressing problems of our time. If at the initial stages of development pathology is not too scary, its progression poses serious problems. Visible varicose veins are always the main symptom and cause of venous insufficiency. Waiting for varicose veins and those who are overweight. All those people who have experienced great and serious physical exertion for a long time are affected by the disease. Varicose veins - expansion and lengthening of the veins of the lower extremities with a thinning of the venous wall and the formation of nodes from them. Nodules are formed as a result of pathology of the venous walls, as well as insufficiency of their valves, due to a genetic defect.