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When my arm is in pain the veins bulge up and is all green, why?

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Muscular strain: When your arm experiences pain the muscles in that arm contract from stress and tension and that can cause the blood vessels in that area to show more prominently.

Dr Parvez agreed

Answered 9/9/2013

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