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What Causes Wrist And Thumb Veins Prominence?
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On my left wrist = where you wear the watch,you can clearly see veins. if you look slightly to the side of the thumb you can see a big vein, now on my wrist i have a biggish bulge in the vein...why is that?
On my left wrist = where you wear the watch,you can clearly see veins. if you look slightly to the side of the thumb you can see a big vein, now on my wrist i have a biggish bulge in the vein...why is that?
Tue, 22 Aug 2017
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Warm welcome to Healthcaremagic.com
I have evaluated your query thoroughly .
* There are different possibilities as
- skin elasticity or fairness making underlying vessels prominent .
- loss of subcutaneous fat with weight loss .
- ganglion type swelling at the wrist .
Hope this will help you for sure .
Regards dear .
Warm welcome to Healthcaremagic.com
I have evaluated your query thoroughly .
* There are different possibilities as
- skin elasticity or fairness making underlying vessels prominent .
- loss of subcutaneous fat with weight loss .
- ganglion type swelling at the wrist .
Hope this will help you for sure .
Regards dear .
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