A Biologist Explains Why Humans Get Varicose Veins (Hint: No 4-Legged Animal Has This Problem)
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Summary
Look at a dog, a horse or a cat and you’ll almost never see the swollen, ropelike veins that show up on the legs of millions of people. Varicose veins are, for practical purposes, a human problem. By many estimates, roughly 1 in 4 adults has them, though a 2005 review published in Annals of …
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