Will gastric bleeding cause bloody stools?

Gastric bleeding is a very dangerous disease. Mild gastric bleeding can be treated by adjusting diet and changing bad habits. However, if it is more serious, in addition to necessary examinations, you may need hospitalization. If it is more serious, you may need surgery. The symptoms of gastric bleeding are quite obvious, but some people think that blood in the stool means gastric bleeding. Is this true?

Signs of gastric bleeding:

1. Mild gastric bleeding usually causes pain, but not severe pain. The pain is usually worse when you are hungry. The serious one is severe pain. The lips and face will turn pale, there will be convulsions, and there will be a sound of water when tapping the abdomen with fingers.

2. Black stools: Black stools occur after upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Black stools or tarry stools indicate that the bleeding site is in the upper gastrointestinal tract. However, if the bleeding rate of gastric ulcer lesions is too fast, the stool may be purple-red due to its short residence time in the intestine.

3. Vomiting blood: Bleeding above the pylorus is often accompanied by vomiting blood, but if the amount of bleeding is small or the bleeding rate is slow, there may be no vomiting blood; bleeding below the pylorus may also be accompanied by vomiting blood if the amount of bleeding is large or the bleeding rate is fast. Sometimes the vomited blood is brown. This is because the blood stays in the stomach for a long time after bleeding, and the hemoglobin in the blood is converted into hemoglobin by gastric acid. If the bleeding rate is fast and the amount of bleeding is large, the vomited blood will be bright red.

If it is red, don't consider gastric bleeding. Gastric bleeding is discharged in the stool as black (which is medically called "tarry stool"). If it is red, it is bleeding in the colon, rectum or anus. If there is no other discomfort, first consider hemorrhoids. Secondly, pay attention to the possibility of colon ulcers or tumors according to your age.

To prevent gastric bleeding, the first thing you need to do is to let your body get the proper rest every day. Never overwork yourself or stay up late. Do more exercise in your daily life, such as jogging or Tai Chi. Breakfast, lunch and dinner must be eaten at regular times and in regular amounts every day. Do not eat too much or too quickly.