How to Stop Leaky Blood Vessels

Leaky blood vessels, a form of hemorrhaging (bleeding), is a potentially disabling or life-threatening medical condition. It can result in complications such as edema (swelling, including that of the legs in peripheral artery disease), blindness (as in diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration) or even death (hemorrhagic stroke or excessive internal blood loss). Stopping leaky blood vessels before any irreparable damage occurs is the key to controlling and treating the condition.

Things You'll Need

• Vitamin K
• Vitamin C
• Copper
• Ang1 (protein)
• Laser surgeon

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Instructions

How to Stop Leaky Blood Vessels

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  Leafy greens contain vitamin K.

  Try natural alternatives such as vitamin C, vitamin K and copper. Vitamin K, as found in leafy greens, fermented foods, liver, and yellow animal fats, is essential to blood coagulation, and a deficiency of the nutrient has been linked to internal hemmorhaging. Copper, as found in liver and shellfish, is a mineral that is vital to the integrity of blood vessels. Vitamin C, as found in citrus and berries, is necessary for the synthesis of collagen, which, along with other substances like copper, forms healthy blood vessels.

• 2

  Research has shown that Ang1 stops leaking.

  Ask your doctor about Ang1. According to research at UC San Francisco and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. published in the Dec. 24, 1999, issue of "Science," this protein, known as angiopoietin-1, can restore leaky vessels to normal and block the effects of substances that make vessels leaky.

• 3

  Laser surgery can seal or destroy leaky blood vessels.

  Consider laser surgery. In laser surgery, a beam of light energy is used to either seal or destroy leaky blood vessels. This is commonly used in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and other conditions involving leaky blood vessels of the eyes.