Chopping an onion often brings tears, but for one woman, it also led to an eye-watering hospital bill. Her ordeal quickly ...

"Because of her phlebitis, the legs were very, very swollen, and the blood was blocked, and there was no oxygen in the brain,” Klein explained. He described finding her: “It's very sad.

The venous anatomy of the lower leg is made up of two axial systems ... Secondary valve failure may occur in the setting of direct injury, phlebitis or venous hypertension due to proximal obstruction.