How to treat esophageal varices

Severe esophageal varices can be treated with drugs, endoscopic therapy, surgery, etc.

1. Drug treatment

patients can use octreotide acetate injection, vitamin K1 injection and other drugs under the guidance of doctors, which can help reduce the patient's digestive tract bleeding.

2. Endoscopic treatment

patients can also be rubber snare ligation of varicose veins under endoscope, which can interrupt the blood flow of varicose veins, cause ischemia, necrosis, ulcer formation, and scar formation after healing.

3. Surgical treatment

patients can also use surgery to relieve portal hypertension and stop bleeding caused by esophageal varices according to doctor's advice. The main method of surgery is transjugular hepatic portosystemic shunt.