这不是您经常听到的事情，但腿部静脉的健康可能会受到许多其他常见疾病的影响，这些疾病在新加坡变得越来越普遍，例如 diabetes, obesity and coronary heart disease.
遗传因素，尤其是女性遗传因素，在一定程度上也对静脉问题产生影响，衰老和怀孕也是危险因素。静脉问题，尤其是腿部的静脉问题，比您想象的更常见，影响着全世界数百万人，尤其是随着年龄的增长，甚至可能影响到 20 岁的年轻人！
成年人体内的脉管系统大约有97000公里，如果全部排成一条线，可以绕地球（周长约40,000公里）两圈，所以你可以想象，在阻碍血液供应方面存在许多潜在的问题点！
静脉是血液从腿部到心脏的“回家之路”。不要将其与动脉混淆，动脉是从心脏到腿部的血液供应链。静脉使用“单向阀门”，就像信号灯一样，帮助血液从腿部循环回到心脏，一旦这些阀门出现故障，就会减慢血液回流到心脏的速度，导致血液积压在心脏中腿部静脉，使其扩张并引起肿胀、疲劳和抽筋等问题。一旦您看到腿上这些凸出的静脉，它们就被称为静脉曲张，是由于长时间站立导致腿部压力增加的结果。不幸的是，这里的重力不是你的朋友！
容易出现腿部静脉问题的职业：
- 零售队伍中的人们——一天中的大部分时间（8-12小时）站立是英勇的，但对你的静脉没有帮助
- 餐馆老板和厨师等餐饮行业人士也出于同样的原因。
- 建筑师
- 护士
- 医生们！
Even those professions who are more sedentary such as accountants and administration, with their legs down on the floor, may be susceptible albeit to a lesser extent than those always on their feet for most of the day!
那么如何才能改善静脉健康呢？
1.保持活跃
Regular exercise is always touted, as it activates the muscles in your legs to push blood back up to the heart! Flexing and extending your knees regularly can help the blood pumping action as well as walking in the swimming pool with the pressure of the water around your legs (swimming is not needed if you do not want to).
2.保持充足的水分
Especially in the temperate climate of Singapore you can become dehydrated easily making the blood thicker and flow less easily making vein problems worse in your legs.
3. 健康饮食
Fruits and vegetables, as well as omega-rich salmon, are excellent for vein-wall health, helping them stay elastic and pump blood effectively. Foods rich in flavonoids such as berries, oranges, tomatoes, kale, and tea can improve the tone of the veins in your legs, allowing more efficient pumping. Even better, dark chocolate contains decent amounts of flavonoids too, so there’s your excuse to enjoy a bit more of it!
4.不要吸烟
5.抬高双腿
6.使用压力袜
Great daily treatment for people with varicose veins especially those with long standing jobs. These socks help contract the veins from the outside around your calf to help push blood back to your heart, lessening pain, swelling, tiredness and progression of vein disease. They come in different patterns or colours so no worries about keeping your dress sense.
7.寻求专科治疗
如果您开始注意到疲劳、一天工作后容易疲劳、沉重、腿部或脚踝肿胀、腿部不宁抽筋（尤其是在夜间）等症状，甚至注意到腿部表面出现新的静脉，那么现在是时候进行治疗了。请当地友善的血管外科医生进行静脉评估。
