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Veins In Left Arm, Suddenly Engorged And Painful. What Could Be The Cause?
Hi, now and again the veins in my left arm mostly would suddenly become engorged and painful. The veins could very clearly been seen. This would last for about 1 minute. Then as quickly as this appeared it would disappear. This used to happen to me quite often in my late teenage years. I had actually forgotten about it. I am now 3. What could be the cause?
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Sun, 16 Dec 2012
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Hello veins suddenly engorged and painful is called acute thrombophlebitis .it has varied etiology.it can be cured by broad spectrum antibiotic.combiflam and by application of thrombophobe ointment
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