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What cause burst veins on legs and is it fatal?

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on my left ankle my vein burst through my skin and was bleeding every where,comming out like a fountain.

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What causes a large leg vein to burst?
Probably weakness of the vein wall due to it being a varicose vein and/or something constricting the vein preventing the return flow of blood.
What causes a vein to burst in finger?
Well obviously if something goes in your hand and in your vein then it would burst and bleed. Because that happened to my nose
What causes protruding veins in the legs?
age and not eating healthy enough.
What causes veins to burst in fingers?
If you wank too hard
What causes abnormally swollen veins in legs?
They are called varicose veins and they are a result of faulty valves in the veins that allow blood to pool or flow back instead of going forward and the vein then bulges.