a skilled phlebotomist can find a vein by just feeling (palpating) it. a visual view is not necessary. apply a warm compress and allowing the arm to hang down prior to the blood draw would be helpful and ask for a phlebotomist that is skilled drawing blood from children! they are used to those tiny hard-to-find veins. i also had problems to see my veins. they turned me on my stomach and did the doppler tests and found this is the only way to see the deep veins which carry 80% of the blood back up and found i have a hereditary absence of large deep veins. my deep veins are the same size as the peripheral veins causing swelling and painful red spots that now limit my standing or sitting drastically. wearing compression stockings are the only relief they can prescribe. she may have this abnormally strange vein size as well. i'm looking for answers myself. good luck. i also had problems to see my veins. they turned me on my stomach and did the doppler tests and found this is the only way to see the deep veins which carry 80% of the blood back up and found i have a hereditary absence of large deep veins. my deep veins are the same size as the peripheral veins causing swelling and painful red spots that now limit my standing or sitting drastically. wearing compression stockings are the only relief they can prescribe. she may have this abnormally strange vein size as well. i'm looking for answers myself. good luck.
veins are not visible for the blood test what to do? . my mom is 61 years old and in every few months she have a blood test. her veins are not much visible so the doctors have to pierce at many places. can anybody suggest what exercise she can do so the veins becomes more or easily be visible or is there any food which she can take before blood test. i don't want her to suffer the pain of piercing at different places. any help will be appreciated. thanks.