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My little boy is nearly 2 and theyre visible on his chest which I think is quite common but also on his shoulders which I havent noticed on other children. Suddenly 2 days ago lots of large blue veins appeared on my chest one running across the left side more or less from my shoulder across my clavicle and down a bit.
But lots appeared on my breasts.
Green veins on chest and shoulders. Thanks for uploading picture Detailed Answer. The pictures you have uploaded dont look like urticaria. It seems more like contact dermatitis with some copper jewelry or anemia or slight bruise which is known to give that bizarre shaped greenish patches.
If the patches fade away with changing colour then its bruise. Occasionally they are spider veins but mostly they are blue veins. These are almost always normal findings and normal variations of chest veins.
They tend to be more pronounced in fair skinned females and they may be related to hereditary factors or even pregnancies. See a vein specialist to evaluate. What does a really visable green vein along my shoulder and down onto my chest mean.
Well the veins are green in color. It does happen that when the skin over the vein gets loose they become more visible. It is totally normaldont worry about it.
What does it mean if my veins become very visible and green on one armchest. There appears to be a bug bite as well. Martin Raff answered Infectious Disease 56 years experience.
Blue veins or green veins on the legs hands chest and various vein junctions among other parts of the body are most common. The size of these green or blue veins increases when undue pressure is exerted on the veins such as. Green and blue veins can also be seen where your skin is thin.
Skin can become thinner and less elastic with age making veins appear more prominent. Also the less fat you. Green veins in arms and chest Green vein right across his chest Green veins across chest.
Veins on the upper right chest area just became very visible. It looks like I have a beehive tracing on my chest near my right shoulder clavicle area. I have been sick with a stomach bug have been.
The may also go but the names of reticular veins feeder veins or intradermal varices. Blue veins are venous blood vessels that appear bluish or greenish in color when stretched out beneath the. Sometimes only one thing may cause the veins to become visible while other times it may be caused by a combination of things.
Some of the most common causes of visible veins on the chest include. Age the older you get the thinner your skin gets which makes veins more visible. Genetics visible veins tend to run in families.
Wearing tight undergarments like bras can increase the risk of spider veins around the shoulders. Restrict the use of undergarments to a maximum of 8 to 10 hours in a day. Regular stretches and movements of the upper body can help.
Suddenly 2 days ago lots of large blue veins appeared on my chest one running across the left side more or less from my shoulder across my clavicle and down a bit. But lots appeared on my breasts. They were there in the evening and much less visible in the morning.
Back again at night tonight although not so many or as visible. Hello Prominent visible veins is a sign of some venous obstructionAs it has occurred on your right armso chances of subclavian vein obstruction or thoracic outlet obstruction are thereThis obstruction can be due to presence of thrombi or blood clots or by compression of the subclavian vein by the subclavius muscle and costoclavicular ligament. Spider veins on the chest are look of red and blue lines on the surface area of the skin.
These looks are credited to veins in the skin. These veins emerge either due to bulging of the veins or due to thinning of the skin. While spider veins are more common on the neck and the face they might appear around the chest.
Spider veins are typically. Blood is a fluid tissue and also known as the circulatory media which circulates all over the body. Normally the mammalian blood is red in color.
It is not that veins carry deoxygenated blood and hence they look green or blue in color. It seems like theres a very very slight tint of green to them too. Its only the veins on the inside of my wrists my fingers and hands.
Tonight after I showed I noticed across my chest and arms I have large dark blue green veins running across. Some like me have veins closer to the surface than most others like me also have very thin skin combine the two and you get someone who has chest veins even at 18 BF sticky out ones - albeit at that level of BF I need to be pumped to see. This occurrence occurs when you have shortness of breath and cannot breath as much air as you would normally do.
The veins in your body expand so more blood can be pumped through those areas where the blue veins appear noticeably so you wont collapse from air and blood deprivation. I have developed greenblue veins running all over my chestshoulders and breasts after breast reduction surgery. The veins developed about 6 months after my surgery which was 2 years ago.
Is there an explanation and treatment for this. These veins on your arms and chest are known as reticular or feeding veins and are in the family of Spider Veins. There are multiple options for treating these types of spider veins so the most important thing is to go to an experienced vein specialist who can evaluate you and determine what will work best in your particular case.
Problematic veins are not always visible. You may experience painful vein symptoms like swelling or cramping with no sign of visible blue or green veins. Or your malfunctioning veins may be visible but not protrude or appear enlarged.
The presence of tiny painless spider veins for example can be an early sign of vein disease. If you look at the palm side of your wrist youll see a bunch of purple vessels which are the veins carrying blood that has delivered the oxygen to the hand and is on the way back to the heart to pick up fresh oxygen. It isnt the color of the blood that makes them blue all blood is red all the time it is the location of the vein in relation to your skin that make them blue.
Veins that are closer to the surface of the skin are redder. Veins that are just below the surface of the skin are bluer. My little boy is nearly 2 and theyre visible on his chest which I think is quite common but also on his shoulders which I havent noticed on other children.
Id love to know if anyone elses child has visible veins.