What happens to patients with gastric bleeding?

When it comes to stomach diseases, some people only know about stomach pain and stomach discomfort. People who know a little more about them only know about gastric ulcers, gastritis, etc. In fact, there are many kinds of stomach diseases, but some of them are not very common. Take gastric bleeding as an example. As long as you pay more attention, you can prevent it well. So, what exactly is gastric bleeding and what are the symptoms when it occurs?

A small amount of gastric bleeding will manifest as black stools, while a large amount may manifest as vomiting of coffee-colored or red blood.

Vomiting blood and black stools: Anyone who suffers from nausea and vomiting due to the stimulation of blood after bleeding may experience vomiting blood. If the blood is vomited out immediately after bleeding, it will be bright red; if the blood stays in the stomach for a period of time and is then vomited out after being acted upon by gastric acid, it will be brown like coffee grounds. In addition to vomiting, more blood is discharged from the intestines. Since hemoglobin forms black iron sulfide through the action of sulfide in the intestine, the blood discharged is usually tarry black stool. Only when the amount of bleeding is large and the blood passes through the intestines quickly, the discharged blood will be dark red, or occasionally bright red. Generally speaking, when the amount of bleeding is heavy, there will be black stools and vomiting of blood; when the amount of bleeding is light, there will often be only black stools. If the bleeding site is in the duodenum, vomiting blood is less common.

Systemic symptoms caused by bleeding: If the bleeding rate is slow and the amount is small, there are generally no obvious systemic symptoms, and anemia only occurs after a long period of bleeding. If the amount of bleeding is large and rapid, symptoms of acute blood loss such as palpitations, cold sweats, pale complexion, and even low blood pressure may occur.

Symptoms of primary disease: The most common causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding are ulcer disease, rupture of esophageal varices, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer or duodenal cancer, acute gastric mucosal injury and bleeding, etc. If it is ulcer bleeding, there is often a history of upper abdominal pain before bleeding; if it is esophageal varicose vein bleeding, there is a history of cirrhosis and clinical manifestations of cirrhosis.

Gastric bleeding is not as serious as cerebral hemorrhage, but it can also cause great harm to the human body. It’s just that gastric bleeding is relatively easier to treat than cerebral hemorrhage. Treatment of gastric bleeding generally does not require surgery. Only routine treatment including taking some hemostatic drugs and infusions is required. The key to treatment lies in adjusting your daily diet and changing your bad habits.