Varicose veins

[Marsel]

Hi everyone, I'm new. I would like to say that two years ago I had a classic POTS, which was gone for 4 months. But a little later I got varicose veins on my legs, and now I have the following symptoms. I'm fine to be on my feet at home, and in slippers. I normally get out of bed, but my shoes have now become heavy for me, and in warm socks I feel sick, dizzy, my blood pressure drops and my pulse accelerates. All this manifests itself in certain shoes, and in warm socks indoors. And in the heat it was. I can't understand, because it doesn't look like POTS., and how can varicose veins be related here?

[Jyoti]

Varicose veins happen when the valves in the veins are damaged--that is my understanding.  Without working valves, the blood is not effectively forced upward and pools lower in the legs and feet.  Which is also a common occurence in many forms of POTS.  Could you be experiencing reduced blood return to your heart because of the varicose veins?

[TCP]

Hi. I have EDS and POTS. I’ve got varicose veins around my rectum and butt cheeks. I’m guessing they are there as I sit a lot and have my legs elevated. Other people I know get them around the back of their knees as they sit normally. 

[MomtoGiuliana]

It's typical for POTS patients to feel worse when warm or hot--blood vessels expand and there is more pooling.  Compression hose helps many POTS patients for this reason.