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Cirrhosis can be caused by alcoholic liver disease, fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis or other diseases of the liver. Thrombosis (blood clot) in the portal vein or the splenic vein, which connects to the portal vein, can cause esophageal varices.actors that increase the risk for bleeding include: 1  High portal blood pressure. 2  The higher the portal pressure, the greater the risk of bleeding. 3  Large varices. 4  Risk of bleeding increases with size of varices. 5  Severe liver disease. 6  Advanced cirrhosis or liver failure increases the risk. 7  Ongoing alcohol consumption.
Varicose veins and venous insufficiency. Varicose veins are swollen, twisted, and enlarged veins that you can see under the skin. They are often red or blue in color. They usually appear in the legs, but can occur in other parts of the body. Normally, one-way valves in your leg veins keep blood moving up toward the heart. When the valves do not work properly, they allow blood to back up into the vein. The vein swells from the blood that collects there, which causes varicose veins.