Sunken veins in forearms. why?

I have a sunken-in vein on my foot, too... I just noticed it today.

i recently have the same thing in my right forearm and hand.
all of my life my veins had always popped out, i too wonder why they are now sunken in.

i hope someone can answer this.

Hello there,

Well my brother is in body building and recently he has noticed that his veins are not sticking out like he has used to but instead they were sunken in somehow. His personal trainer told him that the reason for this is caffeine which he is consuming because it is narrowing down the veins and he mentioned that also some ingredients in supplements which he is using on a regular basis can be responsible for this.

And we have found out that this is usually happening if you have some fat on the top of your muscles so it is impossible for veins to stick out as they did before. This is all I know and I hope it helps.

 

 

 

 

This morning I noticed the veins in the backs of my hands were sunken, not just flat when they usually stick out to some degree. I noticed this during yet another episode of waking up with the feeling that my system had almost shut down and my blood pressure had dropped. While trying to muster some energy to be able to breathe properly and move to an upright position I was trying to move my arms and hands as I was too weak to move anything else and then I noticed that my hands seen from the side view were the flattest I'd ever seen them. Then when I looked at the backs of the hands face-on I saw that the veins were pitted, same shape as they usually are when sticking out only sunken in instead. I wonder if this is a confirmation of a low blood pressure/circulation. For a long term I've suspected myself of suffering from adrenal fatigue because of various symptoms I've been suffering for years, so it's interesting neron mentions caffeine as this an effect on the adrenal glands. I think when cortisol drops too low during the sleep of someone with adrenal exhaustion it causes the body to try and compensate and makes the heart rush and you wake up.

By the way my arm veins are not usually very visible apart from at my wrists. It is often difficult to take blood from me. I also suffer from postural hypotension, lack of stomach acid, dysmenorrhea, poor immune system, tendency to diarrhoea and low body temperature.

I've noticed sunken veins in another context: usually mine stick out, very rounded, but when I lift my leg and hold it up to rotate my ankles as an exercise for plantar fasciitis, then my veins essentially collapse inward and are very sunken.

Apparently, veins don't maintain their round shape when not filled with blood. This can happen by lifting the legs up, as in my case, or possibly by being severely dehydrated so as to decrease your blood volume, which can also lower your blood pressure.

Adrenal Fatigue is a 'myth' - you either have healthy adrenal glands, or you don't. Sounds to me like you may have Adrenal Insufficiency/Hypoadrenalism, (or Addison's Disease), and need your morning 9am blood cortisol level checked out. If you have AI you may need to go on low dose steroids (Hydrocortisone) for life.

I had someone tell me about sunken veins and they said it's related to the overall PH level of your body. They said they started drinking alkaline water and now there veins are back to normal. I have not tried this myself so make sure you read up on it first and maybe get your PH level checked somehow. My veins on my arms are large and sticking out sometimes and then the very next day, they are sunken. I have some high blood pressure and have found that by increasing potassium consumption that I have been able to lower it. - Jay D

weve got a doctor in the house LOL

All I can say about this topic is that you never try creams or gels which are advertising all over tv stations. They are nothing more than fraud. I spent hundreds of dollars on these creams and got zero results.

I'm also having sunken veins on forearms, and they are very bothersome. Luckily, I never had any heart or cardiovascular issues. After all this fuss about Covid-19 I couldn't go to the doctor to ask for an opinion. I'll wait a bit more and schedule an appointment to finally get the cause of sunken veins.

I can't see mine and I've never worried about it, I just thought that was the way I'm built. I hated going for blood tests because they have such a hard time finding one. I often come home with five band aids. One in each elbow crease, one on the back of each hand and the final one on the side of my wrist. That's the one that can be seen but if I mention that first most phlebotomists take offense that I'm telling them how to do their job. Once I asked one why she didn't go for that one first. Her answer was because that one hurts more. I replied, more than what, four other dry sticks?
When I had a heart attack 24 years ago they poked me all over trying to get a line in at the ER. Then an ambulance came in and they grabbed the medic from that to try his luck, figuring he had more experience getting a line under stress. He DID.

In September I had a bilateral pulmonary embolism caused by a really big blood clot in my leg (which they call DVT )breaking loose and lodging in between my heart and lungs in the blood vessels. Until that point I had never had a problem with the sunken in vein thing, if I were you I'd pay special attention to your hydration levels, caffeine and salt intake, lower your saturated fat intake and maybe start taking aspirin daily unless you want to end up like me. Pay special attention to swollen calves and ankles, I've noticed that when I take public transit like the bus or the train that the drivers tend to have really large calves because they swell up from sitting all day, which is what happened to me except that I was driving all day which makes it even worse.

Maybe you should see a doctor.