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… skin ulcer is a shallow wound that occurs when the leg veins don't return blood back toward the heart the way they … from the legs, such as from venous insufficiency . Your veins have one-way valves that keep blood flowing toward the … the valves are damaged, and blood backs up and pools in the vein. Fluid may leak out of the vein and into the …
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… forms in a blood vessel. Sometimes clots happen in deep veins. This is called deep vein thrombosis. It needs medical care right away. If a clot in a deep vein breaks apart, pieces of it can travel to the lungs. A …
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… shunts. These shunts may lower blood pressure in the vein that carries blood to the liver (portal vein). They do this by diverting the flow of blood from the portal vein to the large vein that returns blood to the heart (vena …
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… are used to treat sudden (acute) bleeding from enlarged veins (varices). They make small blood vessels constrict, which reduces blood flow to veins that carry blood to the liver (portal veins). These medicines also may be used along with …
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… an intravenous catheter (IV), which gives medicines into a vein near the skin surface. Give medicines that affect the … A CVAD may be used to draw blood for tests only if another vein, such as in the hand or arm, can't be used. It may also … or PICC line (say "pick"), is a CVAD inserted into a vein in the arm rather than a vein in the neck or chest. …
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… variceal bleeding by lowering the pressure in the enlarged veins (varices). Variceal bleeding occurs when the pressure increases in the portal vein system and the veins in the esophagus, stomach, and rectum enlarge to help …
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… during pregnancy. Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids are swollen veins at the end of the large intestine (anus). They are … because: The enlarged uterus puts pressure on a large vein called the inferior vena cava. This vein drains the veins of the large intestine. Constipation …
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… may choose IVF include: You had surgery to reverse a tubal ligation ("having your tubes tied"), and it didn't work. You … may choose IVF include: You had surgery to reverse a tubal ligation ("having your tubes tied"), and it didn't work. You …
