Other names: increased jugular veins

Assessment of the jugular veins poses for a doctor’s relatively easy method to get a picture of the blood pressure in the superior vena cava: if the jugular vein increased, then the pressure in the vena cava also increased.

Jugular vein, we can detect orientation and at home. After laying on the bed, support the head so that the plane of the bed at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. The second person looking at the neck by a particular place, around which moves the blood level at the most and least loaded condition vein. Then placed e.g. ruler on top tab collar bone, parallel to the plane of the bed. If the previously designated point charges located lived more than 2 cm above the ruler is the increased load.

Superior vena cava flows into the right atrium, and can therefore be pressure increase therein deduced primarily to adverse changes in the pumping work of the right heart. It may be a failure of the right ventricle or regurgitation of the tricuspid valve (blood during systole getting back into the hall and into her hollow cores, for this defect testifies visible pulsation of the carotid veins), orinflammation of the pericardium (heart for inflamed pericardium is not enough ” move”).

Swelling of the upper limbs, swollen and often bluish face and neck swelling límcovitý are part of.Syndrome superior vena cava, which is the cause of oppression vein (eg. A tumor).

Upon detection of these symptoms, they should go in the coming days to the physician.