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Veins

Veins are thin blood vessels that carry blood from various body parts to the heart. These have valves in them to prevent back flow of blood.

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What age groups does renal vein thrombosis occur in?

Renal vein thrombosis occurs in both infants and adults. Onset of the disorder can be rapid (acute) or gradual.

What do you do if you can't get thru on the phone to the number you have been told to call?

There are a number of treatments for varicose veins, ranging from laser surgery to just wearing pressure stockings. The arthritis is a separate issue. Treatments range from drugs to surgical knee replacement.

Why do veins in the head of a human have no valves?

The veins in your head dont need valves. Valves prevent backflow in the lower extremities because your bloodflow is going against gravity and your body is using muscular pumps to get the bloodflow back up to the heart. The blood flow in your upper extremities use gravity to get back to the heart via the superior vena cava.

Is the Saphenous Vein necessary?

The saphenous is not necessary in the sense that an individual will live without it. It may be harvested to use as material for coronary bypass grafts (heart surgery). Years ago, it was a commonly excised (surgically removed) vein in varicose vein surgery. After two weeks in bed, the patients body had developed the ability for the blood to find it's way back to the heart through smaller veins. There are much improved techniques today, but it defines the fact that the vein is not absolutely necessary, it can be "worked around".

How serious is DVT?

Deep vein thrombosis is a common but difficult to detect illness that can be fatal if not treated effectively.

What is the function of the portal vein?

To carry blood from the liver back into the general circulation.

Last choice vein of veinpuncture is?

The last choice vein of veinpucture is the basilic vein.

How does the liver and the hepatic portal vein work together?

if a pancreatic tumour is attached to this vein, will this problem stop a whipple op from being performed

What vessels course posterior to the inferior vena cava?

The right and left common Iliac Vein merge to form the inferior vena cava

Would a hippopotamus die if an Oxpecker bird didn't eat the ticks off its back?

they probably would not die right away but later on they could catch lime disease or some other disease from the ticks biting them

Why is po2 higher in the aveolous than in the pulmonary veins?

because the pulmonary veins have deoxygenated blood, the pressure decreases as you move away from the initial site of oxygenation.

Will injecting ice cold water into a vein kill someone?

It can. It depends on how much and if there is sodium chloride (Salt) in the water. The salt turns the water into a saline solution. Your blood is also has salinity. If you throw off the salinity of the blood too much then yes, it can kill you.

Straight ice water into the veins will cause the salinity in your blood to dive quickly from water intoxication and hyponatremia. Your cells no longer have enough electrolytes so they start to absorb electrolytes from fluids in your body via osmosis which in turn causes them to swell up. The swelling will increase your intercranial pressure (The pressure inside your skull). Once the pressure increases too high, the bloodflow to your brain is interrupted causing a cerebral edema (Increase in blood in the surrounding space of your brain and cranium). The increased pressure will start putting pressure against your brain which will throw off your nervous system and will eventually cause, best case scenario, seizures and brain damage. Worst case; coma and death.

Even with a saline solution, it is possible to still cause death due to your kidneys being unable to excrete enough fluids (1L/hour is about the max your kidneys can excrete). However this can be avoided through the use of diuretics to increase the amount of fluids excreted (Makes you urinate a lot).

Why do your veins pop out when your cold?

When you are cold your heart pumps more blood so you have higher blood pressure

How long does spider vain removal take?

Spider vein removal can take a while. Depending on the type of removal technique, the time can vary. Surgeries require the least amount of time, while a change in diet to control the veins can take months.

What vein pattern do maple leafs have?

there are three sections of the leaf, each section has on vertical line on it. horizontal lines come out of the vertical line.

The answer is palmate.