Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The GI tract includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is common among people with cirrhosis due to a complication called portal hypertension. This is elevated blood pressure in the veins that lead to your liver. Cirrhosis is ...

Vikram Malladi, MD, Fellow in Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Richard Goodgame, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Section, Baylor College ...

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 ...

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 ...

MASSIVE hemorrhage from the gastrointestinal tract, particularly hematemesis, is one of the dramatic events in medicine that deeply impress both patient and physician. The question that presents ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- People with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) faced higher rates of potentially fatal gastrointestinal bleeding, a retrospective study found. Those with stage 5 CKD had a 40% ...

Current guidelines recommend 5 to 7 days of broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis. In a systematic review and meta-analysis, shorter ...

Garlic supplements can be beneficial for lowering high blood pressure and improving your gut microbiome, but there are some ...

Patients with newly diagnosed psoriatic arthritis have a higher risk of CVD. Resuming antithrombotic therapy with in patients with atrial fibrillation and a serious gastrointestinal bleed results in ...

A 51-year-old man presented with a 1-day history of hematochezia and melena. Six months previously, the patient had the acute onset of hematochezia and melena. At that time, he was admitted to another ...