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Getting rid of spider veins on your legs

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They appear as enlarged, twisted veins on your legs, mostly in elderly persons and in women. And while every healthy leg has veins and valves that keep blood flowing to the heart, the odds were against this 28-year-old man when ugly bulges on his left calf enlarged daily.

And when the spider veins began to aggressively advance towards his thighs, he knew it was time to see a doctor. Mustafa Karua was nervous because he was a fitness enthusiast with a daily one-hour exercise regime.

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