Pathology professor Roger Byard of Adelaide University said it was important for people to realise the danger of bleeding from varicose veins.
"[This case] made us realise how vulnerable the elderly are, [varicose veins] are very easy to damage,” Byard told the national broadcaster ABC.
His study — recently published in the Journal of Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology — focused on the dangers for elderly people who had varicose veins.
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