Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Symptoms

• melaena
  • indicates upper GI problem
• haematemesis
  • upper GI
  • varices
  • Mallory-Weis
  • severe ulcer
• Frank PR bleed
  • mixed in stool
    • ascending colon
  • outside stool
    • descending / sigmoid colon
  • fresh blood
    • haemorrhoids

Signs

• underlying causes

Causes

• oesophageal varices
• Mallory-Weis tear
• Peptic ulcer Disease
• Tumours
• Diverticular disease
• Arteriovenous malformations
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Haemorrhoids

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