When you have vomiting with blood

If you vomit because you "ripped off" the stomach, or ate poor-quality food, or you have a "viral" infection, you will see your last portion of food. If you continue to vomit after the stomach is released, there will be green bile. You will not see blood, unless, of course, you vomited too much and for a long time, as a result of which a small vessel in the throat or esophagus tore and gave a trickle of blood.

However, if you vomit blood, then 95% of the probability that you have one of the following three diseases:

• Peptic ulcer (in the stomach or duodenum);
• Irritation or erosion of the mucosa of the esophagus or stomach;
• Far gone liver damage with cirrhosis.

Gastric cancer is a much more rare cause, but it should also be considered. And disorders of the blood coagulation system , which give hemorrhage in any places.

If you have a peptic ulcer, you may experience (but not necessarily) gnawing, reminiscent of hungry, pain and / or nausea, before you begin to vomit blood. This is sometimes observed in case of stomach cancer. The erosion of the upper parts (erosion) is more often a consequence of alcoholism and some drugs. The most common among the latter are aspirin and all related anti-inflammatory drugs with their long-term use, as well as steroid hormones.

Chronic alcoholism or hepatitis (the latter usually as a result of B-type infection) can cause the formation of scarring in the liver (cirrhosis). This leads to stagnation of blood in the veins of the esophagus, which as a result is stretched. As a result of prolonged high pressure, the vein walls eventually burst and there is a sudden strong, fountain bleeding from the mouth - a terrible picture for the patient himself and for others.

Here are some other factors that you should remember about if you have vomiting blood.

Before thinking about the stomach, make sure that the blood you see is not swallowed by you with severe nosebleeds or tooth extraction, or it is not released from the lungs by coughing. If it is frothy, it is possible that it is pulmonary.

If the blood is dark red, or black, or the color of the ground coffee, the bleeding has undoubtedly begun for hours or even days earlier, and the blood remained in the stomach, changing during this time under the influence of acid content, which changes its color from red to black.

What should you do if you are at home and you have vomiting blood at night? Call a doctor immediately . Do not wait until morning. The amount of blood you see does not matter, since in vomit masses it does not reflect the actual amount of blood lost. If you are thirsty, dizzy, you sweat and feel weak in a supine position, then internal bleeding is significant. Dizziness means that your blood pressure has dropped dramatically. All these symptoms require urgent care. Go to the hospital as quickly as possible - but do not drive the machine yourself.

Symptom: vomiting with blood