Inflated veins (was Re: Quick Salt Question)

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> It's almost like the blood

> vessel walls just get weaker so they swell more without added

> pressure.

That's what varicose veins are -- the vessel wall becomes weaker.

They are very common in people as they age, in hands as well as

legs.

There are some treatments --

http://www.handveins.com/

--- In , " annie_fox " <annie_fox@y...>

wrote:

> I guess I'm just explaining myself poorly. See why I can't

> research this? ;-)

>

> You know how, when you are young, you can look down at your

> hands and hardly see the veins? But in older people, I guess

> maybe starting in the mid-20s to mid-30s, when you look at their

> hands, the veins really stand out? That's what I mean. It

doesn't

> just happen in the hands, but it is most noticeable there. It's

not

> varicose veins, or high blood pressure. It's almost like the

blood

> vessel walls just get weaker so they swell more without added

> pressure. It is definitely age related, but I don't even know the

> proper term for it.

>

> Anyone have any thoughts?

>

> I won't try to explain again after this. I don't mean to be

wasting

> space here or anything.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Annie