develop over a period of time. As valve dysfunction within the vein leads to a build-up of stagnant refluxed blood, those bulging, distended veins rear their ugly heads. Many vein doctors and patients alike wonder why natural selection hasn’t done away with these bothersome veins.
While vein doctors know venous insufficiencies occur due to both environmental and genetic factors, they do not yet know the specific gene responsible for a predisposition to varicose veins.
Two great pioneers in Evolutionary medicine are psychiatrist
George C. Williams
. These men rationalized that the largest contributing factor to our varicose vein development is our upright position. Since gravity is ultimately the cause of all venous insufficiency. Going by evolution, humans began to walk upright or developed bipedalism around 4 million years ago. Being bipedal allows us many advantages such as the ability to walk and run efficiently. However, it also created some disadvantageous, especially when it comes to our circulatory system, which must work against gravity to push blood upwards toward the heart.
A further exploratory explanation states that varicose vein development may act as a sort of fertility marker in women. Because varicose veins develop more frequently in women during pregnancy and after childbirth, some researchers speculate varicose veins may demonstrate that a woman is fertile and capable of conception.
The knowledge that all people are on some level predisposed to developing venous insufficiency can help doctors and vein clinics alike restructure their thinking when it comes to prevention, diagnosis and
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