If you have bulging blue veins on your abdomen, be careful
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Dr KK Pandey
Contd from previous issue
Pressure on deep veins by a tumour— another reason of bulging veins
Another important reason for the flow of impure blood to stop from these veins is the external pressure on these veins like the pressure exerted by the uterus during pregnancy, tumour of the uterus or tumour of the urinary bladder or tumour of other large intestine also blocks the path carrying impure blood to the heart, as a result of which the blood coming from the lower legs cannot reach the lungs through these deep veins and tries to reach upwards through the veins located under the skin of the abdomen. This is a temporary and natural process in the body, just like when the highway is blocked, people try to take out their cars and vehicles from the footpaths and fields on both sides of the highway. Therefore, the blue veins visible in the abdomen mean that the deep system of veins used to move the impure blood upwards has been blocked. Therefore, in such a condition, contact a vascular or a cardio vascular surgeon without wasting time.
What to do if there are prominent blue veins on your abdomen?
If you are seeing spider-like or scissor-like blue veins on your abdomen, then do not sit idle, immediately consult a vascular surgeon instead of a general surgeon. It is important to know the reasons for these protuberant blue veins, only then the right treatment can be possible. For this, Doppler study, multi-CT scan, MR venogram and digital subtraction venography are needed. Therefore, always go to a hospital where all these modern tests are easily available and before entering the hospital, ensure that there is availability of any vascular or cardio vascular surgeon and whether operations of arteries and veins like vein bypass surgery, valvuloplasty etc. are done or not. Also ensure there are facility for Venous angioplasty and stenting.
Methods for treatment of bulging veins on abdomen
The reasons for the occurrence of these blue bulging veins on the abdomen have to be found out. If tumour inside the abdomen is the cause,this has to be removed to relieve external pressure exerted on the deep veins. If there is a chronic blockage due to blood clots in the deep veins located inside the abdomen, Venous angioplasty and stenting are tried. If this non-surgical treatment fails, then venous bypass surgery has to be done. If the main deep vein in the stomach is permanently blocked, then special surgical techniques like IVC Bypass can be attempted. The writer is Senior Vascular and Car-diothoracic Surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. E-mail: [email protected]
Contd from previous issue
Pressure on deep veins by a tumour— another reason of bulging veins
Another important reason for the flow of impure blood to stop from these veins is the external pressure on these veins like the pressure exerted by the uterus during pregnancy, tumour of the uterus or tumour of the urinary bladder or tumour of other large intestine also blocks the path carrying impure blood to the heart, as a result of which the blood coming from the lower legs cannot reach the lungs through these deep veins and tries to reach upwards through the veins located under the skin of the abdomen. This is a temporary and natural process in the body, just like when the highway is blocked, people try to take out their cars and vehicles from the footpaths and fields on both sides of the highway. Therefore, the blue veins visible in the abdomen mean that the deep system of veins used to move the impure blood upwards has been blocked. Therefore, in such a condition, contact a vascular or a cardio vascular surgeon without wasting time.
What to do if there are prominent blue veins on your abdomen?
If you are seeing spider-like or scissor-like blue veins on your abdomen, then do not sit idle, immediately consult a vascular surgeon instead of a general surgeon. It is important to know the reasons for these protuberant blue veins, only then the right treatment can be possible. For this, Doppler study, multi-CT scan, MR venogram and digital subtraction venography are needed. Therefore, always go to a hospital where all these modern tests are easily available and before entering the hospital, ensure that there is availability of any vascular or cardio vascular surgeon and whether operations of arteries and veins like vein bypass surgery, valvuloplasty etc. are done or not. Also ensure there are facility for Venous angioplasty and stenting.
Methods for treatment of bulging veins on abdomen
The reasons for the occurrence of these blue bulging veins on the abdomen have to be found out. If tumour inside the abdomen is the cause,this has to be removed to relieve external pressure exerted on the deep veins. If there is a chronic blockage due to blood clots in the deep veins located inside the abdomen, Venous angioplasty and stenting are tried. If this non-surgical treatment fails, then venous bypass surgery has to be done. If the main deep vein in the stomach is permanently blocked, then special surgical techniques like IVC Bypass can be attempted. The writer is Senior Vascular and Car-diothoracic Surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. E-mail: [email protected]