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Patient Discussions: Internal Bleeding: Cause of Bleeding

Internal Bleeding: Cause of Bleeding

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Comment from: Babygirl, 45-54 Female (Patient)

I had pain in my back and leg which I thought was due to a preexisting condition, but my neighbor called an ambulance. I am under investigation for anemia, and I had what I thought was diarrhea on the Tuesday. I was told on Wednesday that I had lost 5 pints of blood. The cause was an ulcer. I had a 5-unit transfusion between Wednesday and Thursday last week and I am home now. Published: October 07 ::

Comment from: Lil-maria-pie, 13-18 Female (Patient)

I first got internal bleeding after I was involved in an attack. I got shot at the age of 15 and I was with my friends. My best friend died, and I got shot. I was hemorrhaging and now I'm recovering. I'm now 17, and it has taken so long for me to be able to walk. I still can't walk properly, and I have a scar. My internal bleeding recurs. Published: October 07 ::

Comment from: diananicole, 35-44 Female (Patient)

My internal bleeding was caused by an ovarian cyst that ruptured and took out a nearby blood vessel. The symptoms were subtle at first: sharp menstrual pains, but later it got difficult to breathe and I had a sharp pain running up my left shoulder blade. And of course, my blood pressure dropped significantly. Published: July 14 ::

Comment from: greeneyes, 35-44 Female (Patient)

Recently I was hospitalized for internal bleeding. I thought I was having muscle spasms. I was rushed into surgery and a soft ball size blood clot was removed, along with blood in my abdomen. All together 2700cc of blood was removed from my abdomen. The doctors don't have a clue as to what happened. I didn't have any injury or warning that I was sick. The doctors told me my blood clot was 2-3 days old and I was bleeding 15-16 hours prior to surgery. Published: October 27 ::

Comment from: none, 19-24 Male (Patient)

I'm not sure how bad my condition is but I have been constipated and used suppositories yesterday and that helped my remove a few stools, they were green, but I tried using another one today and nothing came out when I finally gave up I wiped off blood it was bright but there was also a small amount of dark blood. Published: August 18 ::


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