Long-term alcohol abuse can cause liver damage, which may cause internal bleeding through a variety of mechanisms including decreased protein and clotting factor production. Esophageal varices (swollen blood vessels around the esophagus): In patients with liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension (increased pr...
Stomach ulcers.Known as apeptic ulcer, this condition is a painful, open sore in your stomach lining. You can also get these sores in the first part of your intestine; these are called duodenal ulcers. These sores can damage an artery, causing you to vomit blood. Esophageal varices.Esophage...
Other consequences of portal hypertension include dilated veins in the esophagus (varices), prominent veins in the abdomen, and an enlarged spleen. Each of these conditions is due primarily to the increased pressure and accumulation of blood and excess fluid in the abdominal blood vessels. The flui...
Blood vessels in the stomach and esophagus swell, and the body creates new ones in an attempt to bypass the liver. These vessels, called varices, have thin walls. If one bursts, the resulting hemorrhage (major bleeding) can cause death within hours if not treated....
Causes of Bloody Vomit Esophagitis Esophageal cancer Esophageal rupture/tear Esophageal varices Mallory-Weiss tear Gastritis Stomach cancer Stomach ulcer Stomach varices Mallory-Weiss tear Duodenitis Duodenal ulcer Arteriovenous malformation Benign tumors of the esophagus, stomach or duodenum ...
Varices are swollen veins in the esophagus -- the tube that your food travels down to get from your throat to your stomach. These abnormal veins can sometimes leak blood or break open. They're more common in people with liver disease. If varices are the cause of bright red blood in your...
Esophageal varices due to liver cirrhosis (often in alcoholics), or portal hypertension. Mallory-Weiss tear (a tear in the esophagus from violent vomiting). Duodenal ulcer, or duodenal inflammation (severe celiac disease) (stomach acid may appear in duodenum and change the blood color from red ...
In our patient, cervical esophageal varices were associated with portal hypertension due to occult liver cirrhosis. As the diagnosis was made at autopsy, this case serves to stress the importance of a through examination of the cervical portion of the esophagus during routine endoscopy.A M Dawson...
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usually the stomach or duodenum. This can occur after someone has swallowed a foreign object that causes injury to the stomach lining, bleeding stomach ulcers, or Mallory-Weiss tears. (Mallory-Weiss tears are cuts or ruptures of vessels in the lining of the esophagus or stomach. They are usu...