Varicose veins are unsightly engorged veins usually found on your legs. Veins transports blood going towards the heart, the action of the muscles in our body serves as the pump to push the blood back to the heart. Veins have valves that prevent backflow of blood but if the vein walls are too weak or [...]

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” Pregnancy elicits a collection of various changes in a woman’s body. The most common ones we may have heard are back pain, vomiting episodes, dizziness and shortness of breath. However, there’s this one part of the woman’s body that is usually overlooked [...]

As your tummy grows to accommodate the growing fetus inside you feel that you tire easily and that somehow your feet, ankles and legs are a bit fat or swollen. Don’t fret as this is a normal occurrence in pregnant women. You have the condition called edema, another side effect of pregnancy. Edema is characterized [...]