I seem to recall, vaguely, that when superficial blood vessels are distinctly salient on the scalp or (possible) in other parts of the body, such as the hands, this may be correlated with hardening of those vessels, as in hardening of arteries. Is there any truth to this? I sometimes notice old people with clearly visible superficial vessels protruding on their scalp and wonder if it is because the vessels have lost their flexibility, or what.
Kind of like ear creases, I guess, although apparently ear creases really are positively correlated with cardiovascular disease.
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I don't know about the visible vessels - but a noticable ear lob crease is a sign.
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I seem to recall, vaguely, that when superficial blood vessels are distinctly salient on the scalp or (possible) in other parts of the body, such as the hands, this may be correlated with hardening of those vessels, as in hardening of arteries. Is there any truth to this? I sometimes notice old people with clearly visible superficial vessels protruding on their scalp and wonder if it is because the vessels have lost their flexibility, or what.
Kind of like ear creases, I guess, although apparently ear creases really are positively correlated with cardiovascular disease.
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I seem to recall, vaguely, that when superficial blood vessels are distinctly salient on the scalp or (possible) in other parts of the body, such as the hands, this may be correlated with hardening of those vessels, as in hardening of arteries. Is there any truth to this? I sometimes notice old people with clearly visible superficial vessels protruding on their scalp and wonder if it is because the vessels have lost their flexibility, or what.
Kind of like ear creases, I guess, although apparently ear creases really are positively correlated with cardiovascular disease.
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With age, the skin gets thinner causing veins to stand out. Are the veins enlarging? I don't know.
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I don't know about the visible vessels - but a noticable ear lob crease is a sign.
If it were that simple, we wouldn't need all kinds of tests but all the doctor has to do is look at your ear lobes. 🙂
Mel, checking his ear lobes and being extra careful to sleep on his back...
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I seem to recall, vaguely, that when superficial blood vessels are distinctly salient on the scalp or (possible) in other parts of the body, such as the hands, this may be correlated with hardening of those vessels, as in hardening of arteries. Is there any truth to this? I sometimes notice old people with clearly visible superficial vessels protruding on their scalp and wonder if it is because the vessels have lost their flexibility, or what.
Kind of like ear creases, I guess, although apparently ear creases really are positively correlated with cardiovascular disease.
