Valve disorder
The vein valves can’t function properly if they are damaged or the vein-walls are soft and stretched. This would result in blood pooling in the legs due to stagnation of flow causing varicose veins or chronic venous weakness.
Medical tip
Basic therapy against this medical condition is medical compression stockings like
Medical compression stockings are prescribed by the doctor if required, and the patients are measured for the correct fit by specialist medical retailers (e.g. surgical appliance dealers): the user’s leg circumferences are measured in several places so that the compression stocking matches his anatomy exactly.
