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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Health
Rachel Pugh & Jessica Knibbs

Sock marks on your ankles could be a warning sign for serious heart problems

People are being urged to check for sock marks on their ankles following a warning from the British Heart Foundation over the risk of heart and circulatory diseases in the UK.

It's likely to be nothing, but sock marks left on your ankles could be a warning sign for a serious heart condition.

According to the British Heart Foundation : “Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK, that’s more than 160,000 deaths each year – an average of 460 deaths each day, or one every three minutes in the UK.”

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