Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Health Encyclopedia: Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleeding refers to any bleeding that starts in the gastrointestinal tract, which extends from the mouth to the large bowel. The degree of bleeding can range from nearly undetectable to acute, massive, and life-threatening. Bleeding maycome from any site along the gastrointestinal tract, but is often divided into:
- Upper GI bleeding: The upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract is located between the mouth and outflow tract of the stomach.
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Expert & Community Posts
Health Effects of Certain Chronic Pain Drugs
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...Celebrex or the older NSAIDs can increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.Dr. Gurkirpal... Read more »
When Relieving Pain Puts Patients in Danger--What to Do?
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...whom the cardiovascular risk outweighs the risk for gastrointestinal bleeding, perhaps Naprosyn... Read more »
Which migraine medications are most effective?
By Dr. Seth Haplea , Health Expert...medications is gastrointestinal irritation and possibly gastrointestinal bleeding. I do not use... Read more »
Aspirin and diabetes and primary prevention
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...do not have heart disease, is whether the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding as a side effect of... Read more »
Do I Have Crohn's Disease?
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...evaluate the small bowel in patients with occult gastrointestinal bleeding, small bowel polyps... Read more »
Health Guide
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Lower GI bleeding; GI bleeding; Upper GI bleeding Home Care There are home stool tests for microscopic blood that may be recommended for people... Read more »Congenital afibrinogenemia
...Symptoms Bruising Nosebleeds Excessive bleeding following injury or surgery Gastrointestinal bleeding Bleeding in joints Miscarriage Signs and tests ... Read more »Thrombocytopenia
...on the disorder causing the low platelet counts. Complications Hemorrhage Gastrointestinal bleeding ( vomiting blood or blood in the stools ) ... Read more »Sodium salicylate overdose
...Eyes, ears, nose, and throat NystagmusRinging in the ears Gastrointestinal NauseaVomitingGastrointestinal bleeding Nervous system DizzinessSeizuresConfusion DrowsinessLack of... Read more »Stress gastritis
...trauma, or severe illness. Unlike the typical peptic ulcer, stress ulcers may first be recognized by gastrointestinal bleeding. The risk of stress gastritis and ulcers is highest in patients who... Read more »Images
Related News
GI Bleeding Linked to Stroke Deaths
August 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new finding may improve the prognosis of stroke patients. In a recent study involving patients who had suffered ischemic... Read summary »
Study: Celebrex+Nexium reduces GI bleeding
October 03, 2008Taking the proton pump inhibitor Nexium with Celebrex may reduce the incidence of upper-gastrointestinal bleeding in patients taking the pain med,... Read summary »
Antidepressants may boost GI-bleeding risk
October 03, 2008Some antidepressants may double the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, researchers say, and the risk is more than six times higher if patients take... Read summary »
Paxil, other antidepressants may cause internal bleeding
October 02, 2008Doctors at Northwestern University have found that patients who take selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Paxil to treat depression... Read summary »
Protonix helps distance runners
October 02, 2008Researchers in Austria have found that taking Protonix (pantoprazole) three days before a long race may protect runners from gastrointestinal... Read summary »
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