Varicose veins are tortuous superficial veins with incompetent valves or weak dilating walls resulting in venous dysfunction, thus permitting reverse blood flow,"Venous Reflux" (1,2). Normally, veins carry impure blood from extremities toward the heart. When veins varicose they flow away from the heart. This results in the pooling of impure and acidic blood that contributes to multiple medical pathologies. This chronic disease was even noted in Biblical times (3). Its etiology is primarily idiopathic, yet it can be precipitated by traumatic injury, pelvic tumors and pregnancy. Vein disease has been implicated as an occupational "injury" in professions that require prolonged standing.
