Some Important Facts About Venous Reflux Disease
Your legs contain a vast network of blood vessels that make up an important part of your circulatory system. Blood is conveyed to your lower extremities through your arteries, but it is then sent back to the heart and lungs for renewal through your veins. These two types of blood vessels are different in the ways that they work - arteries contain internal muscles that literally "pump" blood, but veins do not, so they rely on the contraction of the muscles that surround them to provide the pumping action.