Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Symptoms of GI bleeding include stomach pain, vomiting blood, or having black, tarry stool.Peptic ulcers are the leading cause of upper GI bleeding, while ...

ALBANY, N.Y, Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Set to chart a compound annual growth rate of 4.5% from 2018 to 2026, the global gastrointestinal bleeding treatment market is witnessing creation of a host ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved an oral suspension omeprazole and sodium bicarbonate for the treatment of active benign ...

Patients who suffer a GI bleed after PCI are a challenging group. They may have multiple comorbidities and are often medically unstable; treatment must balance the need to prevent ischemic ...

Every year in the U.S., doctors perform more than 1 million endoscopic hemostasis procedures to treat gastrointestinal bleeding, the majority of which are upper GI bleeds. One popular treatment method ...

Cavernous haemangiomas are benign vascular lesions that may occur throughout the body, including within the gastrointestinal tract. These lesions comprise dilated blood vessels that can lead to ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified eight primary factors that increase the risk of a common bleeding complication after heart attack. Some of these factors are already ...

Both conditions involve symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding, though a major difference is that hematochezia often presents as bright red blood in the stool, while melena appears as black, tarry ...

A Mallory Weiss tear (MWT) or Mallory Weiss Syndrome (MWS) is a tear in the lower half of the esophagus. It results from an injury to the esophagus and can cause a person to cough up blood due to ...

Secondary aortoenteric fistula (SAF) is an uncommon but very important complication of abdominal aortic reconstruction. The complication often occurs months to years after aortic surgery. The clinical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tsung-Chieh Yao, MD, PhD, an associate professor of pediatrics at Chang Gung University in Taiwan, and ...