What is Esophageal varices?
What is Esophageal varices?
- Esophageal varices: Abnormally dilated blood vessels in the wall of the esophagus. The condition is asymptomatic unless the blood vessel bursts which can result in death.
Esophageal varices: Introduction
Types of Esophageal varices:
Broader types of Esophageal varices:
How serious is Esophageal varices?
Complications of Esophageal varices:
see complications of Esophageal varices
What causes Esophageal varices?
Causes of Esophageal varices: see causes of Esophageal varices
What are the symptoms of Esophageal varices?
Symptoms of Esophageal varices:
see symptoms of Esophageal varices
Complications of Esophageal varices:
see complications of Esophageal varices
Esophageal varices: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Esophageal varices.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Esophageal varices.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Esophageal varices:
see treatments for Esophageal varices
Research for Esophageal varices:
see research for Esophageal varices
Society issues for Esophageal varices
Hospitalization statistics for Esophageal varices:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Esophageal varices:
- 0.065% (8,349) of hospital consultant episodes were for oesophageal varices in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 67% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 64% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 36% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 26% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 9.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for oesophageal varices in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Esophageal varices:
Organs and body systems related to Esophageal varices include:
Name and Aliases of Esophageal varices
Main name of condition: Esophageal varices
Other names or spellings for Esophageal varices:
Oesophageal varices
Oesophageal varices
Source - Diseases Database
Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Esophageal varices:
- Gastroesophageal varices
- Portal hypertension
- Esophageal bleeding
- Esophageal disease
- Cardioesophageal junction varices
- Esophagogastric varices
- Varices in the fundus and esophagus
- Varices at the gastroesophageal junction
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