WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2000: Re: varicose veins

Re: varicose veins

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:57:52 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 31 Mar 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>This may not seem to be a obgyn subject, but I think it indirectly
>applies. I was being fitted today for surgical compression stockings
>for my veins, which are terrible (both legs stripped ten years ago, with
>another round to come soon). I saw a pamphlet which talked about the
>extra progesterone floating around in pregnancy perhpas dilating veins.
>Well, that was certainly when mine developed, although I also gained a
>lot of weight and had big babies. For the last six months I was taking
>10 mg provera two weeks a month, and coincidentally? my legs seemed to
>get somewhat worse again. I also have fibroids, which I know have
>enlarged the uterus to about 12 weeks or more (I think they are
>continuing to grow). So my questions are: could taking the progesterone
>have worsened the legs

Actually, it is estrogen that is most likely the culprit in varicose veins.

, and does the extra weight/size of the uterus put >extra pressure on the veins (they're bad right up to the groin)?

Absolutely! Also leads to hemorrhoids (varicose veins around the rectum)

>Unfortunately, I'm in a job that requires a lot of standing or sitting
>at a computer, but not much walking around. I know I have to change my
>lifestyle to walk as much as possible, although I've been walking about
>1/2 hour a day for the last three years.

Wear compression stockings, don't cross your legs, get up and walk around for a few minutes every hour, maintain a normal weight, walk, try inverted yoga postures like shoulder stands

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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