Thrombophlebitis

Introduction: Thrombophlebitis

Description of Thrombophlebitis

Thrombophlebitis (medical condition): Inflammation of a vein wall.

See also:

Superficial thrombophlebitis:
  »Introduction: Superficial thrombophlebitis
  »Symptoms of Superficial thrombophlebitis
  »Causes of Superficial thrombophlebitis
  »Treatments for Superficial thrombophlebitis

Thrombophlebitis: Venous inflammation with thrombus formation. [thrombo- + G. phleps, vein, + -itis, inflammation]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Thrombophlebitis: phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus).
Source: WordNet 2.1

Thrombophlebitis: Inflammation of a vein associated with thrombus formation.
Source: MeSH 2007

Thrombophlebitis as a Disease

Thrombophlebitis: Another name for Superficial thrombophlebitis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Superficial thrombophlebitis
  »Symptoms of Superficial thrombophlebitis
  »Causes of Superficial thrombophlebitis
  »Treatments for Superficial thrombophlebitis

Thrombophlebitis: Related Diseases

Thrombophlebitis: Thrombophlebitis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Blood vessel conditions

Causes of Thrombophlebitis

Some of the causes of Thrombophlebitis are included in the list below:

• Vein injury
• Intravenous drug use
• Varicose veins
• In-dwelling drip line

Read more about causes of Thrombophlebitis (Superficial thrombophlebitis)

Symptoms of Thrombophlebitis (Superficial thrombophlebitis)

Some of the symptoms of Thrombophlebitis incude:

• Vein inflammation symptoms
• Local pain
• Hard vein
• Local warmth
• Local tenderness

See full list of 7 symptoms of Thrombophlebitis (Superficial thrombophlebitis)

Treatments for Thrombophlebitis (Superficial thrombophlebitis)

Treatments for Thrombophlebitis (Superficial thrombophlebitis) include:

• Rest
• Firm bandaging
• Pain relief
• Surgery
• Medications

See full list of 11 treatments for Thrombophlebitis

Treatment of Thrombophlebitis: For more treatment information about Thrombophlebitis, see treatment of Superficial thrombophlebitis (Thrombophlebitis)

Thrombophlebitis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Thrombophlebitis:

• superficial vein thrombophlebitis
• deep vein thrombosis
• DVT
• pulmonary embolism
• PE
• phlebitis
• deep vein thrombophlebitis
• superficial thrombophlebitis
• superficial phlebitis

Terms associated with Thrombophlebitis:

Terms Similar to Thrombophlebitis:

• Phlegmasia Alba Dolens

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Vena Cava Filters

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Thrombophlebitis

• Venous Thrombosis
• Phlebitis

Source - MeSH 2007

• phlebitis

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Thrombophlebitis

• blood vessel disorder

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Thrombophlebitis

The following list attempts to classify Thrombophlebitis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• phlebitis
• inflammation,redness,rubor
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Vascular Diseases
    • Embolism and Thrombosis
      • Thrombosis
        • Venous Thrombosis
          • Thrombophlebitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Vascular Diseases
    • Phlebitis
      • Thrombophlebitis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Vascular Diseases
    • Vasculitis
      • Phlebitis
        • Thrombophlebitis

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