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Vomiting blood

The first thing to do after seeing the vomiting blood or have another person call an ambulance for examination and treatment in hospital. This condition can be caused by many reasons, some of them are a danger to the health and life of man. To navigate in the versions of bloody vomit, you need to explore the reasons for its occurrence.

Appearance of vomit that contains blood:

  • Blood scarlet says that she didn't have time to be exposed to gastric juice and bleeding fresh, or did not happen in the stomach and in the esophagus;
  • Blood the color of "coffee grounds" (indicates that the bleeding occurred not less than 4 hours ago), may be accompanied by black stool – melanau;
  • Dark coloration of vomiting may occur after ingestion of food, painting it (chocolate, berries, dark);
  • Vomiting, similar to bloody foam, can be a symptom of lung damage;
  • Fontanoobraznoy vomiting blood indicates damage to the veins when varicose veins of the esophagus;
  • Small streaks of blood in the vomit, often occurring in children, is a symptom of a hiatal hernia.

For the diagnosis is incidence of retching, the amount allocated, the dependence on food intake, associated symptoms. To assess the risk situation of the sick person with bloody vomit can be a doctor who cares for all the details of this symptom.

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Causes of vomiting blood

The reasons for the contact of blood in vomit is not so little, and almost all of them are dangerous to humans.

But not too dangerous there, as the ingestion of blood after a tooth extraction or during epistaxis, hematemesis occurs for the following reasons:

  • Ulcerative lesions of the stomach and intestines. Such vomiting is preceded by a very severe attack of nausea.

  • Acute gastritis. Enable the blood is usually negligible, can be triggered by the intake of alcohol.

  • Varicose veinsthe walls of the stomach, the most dangerous dark colour eye-catching along with vomiting of blood;
  • Side effects of medicines, destructive acting on the gastric mucosa (NSAIDs, steroids);
  • Cancer of the stomach. Vomiting debilitating, long staying allocated mass has a putrid smell.

  • Cirrhosis of the liver, chronic hepatitis. A complication of these diseases – varicose veins of the esophagus, when the strained vessels with atoneplace wall exposed to any mechanical stress, often injured roughage.

  • Damage to the liver. When this injury bloody vomiting is bile, this condition is extremely dangerous for life, can lead to death.
  • Perforated ulcer. This condition is often provoked by large doses of alcohol is accompanied by copious quota scarlet, extremely dangerous to life.
  • The Syndrome Of Mallory-Veis. Coughing, physical exertion, prolonged vomiting (for example, poisoning) provoke an increase in pressure in the stomach, the formation of bleeding cracks. They cause scant bleeding, and vomiting with blood clots.

Besides, vomiting with blood may be triggered by a traumatic brain injury that caused profuse epistaxis. Pregnant women suffering from late toxicosis of pregnancy, occasionally vomiting blood. It is a sign of preeclamsia – state, is extremely dangerous for the health of mother and child. Associated symptoms – swelling of hands and feet, nausea, increased blood pressure, weakness. Pathology requires immediate admission to hospital.

What to do if vomiting blood?

Waiting for medical care, you can take simple steps to facilitate the patient's condition:

  • Lavage of the stomach with plenty of water;

  • Often to give to drink in small SIPS saline solution or mineral water to prevent dehydration and restore the balance of minerals;
  • To suppress vomiting used Reglan, Dopamine, in accordance with the instructions. Vomiting in case of poisoningarrest is not recommended.
  • To observe a mode of fasting, to put the patient in bed.

Don't spend any actions in suspected perforated ulcer, serious trauma to the brain and liver. In this case, the main task – as soon as possible deliver the person to the hospital.


Treatment for vomiting blood

For a complete diagnosis of the causes of vomiting blood the doctor will order laboratory examination of vomit, blood chemistry, x-ray study of the problem on, if needed ultrasound and CT scan.

Vomiting is not an independent disease, is one of the symptoms of some pathology. Therefore, treatment aims to eliminate symptoms and causes of the disease, which caused vomiting of blood.