What are the complications of gastric bleeding?

Gastric bleeding is a relatively serious stomach disease. It would be a big mistake to underestimate this disease, because gastric bleeding is a disease that can be fatal, just like a malignant tumor. Therefore, if you have gastric bleeding, you must seek treatment as soon as possible, and during the treatment you must also pay special attention to some complications of gastric bleeding. So, what are the complications of gastric bleeding?

1. Fever: The patient has a fever, which generally does not exceed 38.5℃ and can last for 3-5 days.

2. Vomiting blood and black stools: The symptoms of gastric bleeding are mainly vomiting blood and bloody stools. After bleeding, the patient may experience nausea and vomiting due to the stimulation of blood, and may vomit blood. He may feel the urge to defecate before having bloody stools, and after defecation, his eyes may turn black, he may feel anxious, and even faint, his face may turn pale, he may feel thirsty, his pulse may be fast and weak, and his blood pressure may drop. All patients had tarry black stools. 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.

3. Other systemic symptoms: If the patient bleeds slowly and the amount of blood 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 such as dizziness, blurred vision, fatigue, abdominal pain and diarrhea, tachycardia, pale complexion, and cold sweats will occur.

If you want to prevent gastric bleeding, you should try to reduce some inducing factors, such as quitting smoking and drinking, learn more about health care knowledge, and try to make your life regular. When taking medication, you should also be careful not to take medicines that are harmful to the stomach. If you are an older patient, you must listen to your doctor's advice on what kind of medicine to take to treat gastric bleeding.