Internal bleeding is the bleeding of blood from blood vessels within the body. Learn about its signs, causes, and treatment.
Hepatitis A is a viral infection that is spread primarily through the fecal-oral route when small amounts of infected fecal matter are inadvertently ingested. Hepatitis A causes acute inflammation of the liver, which generally resolves spontaneously. Thehepatitis A vaccinecan prevent this infection. T...
23 These tools include questions characterizing a study’s sources of bias and internal validity, measurement of exposures, outcomes and follow-up, and potential risk of selection or information bias. Risk of bias was graded and separated into 3 categories: low risk, 75% to 100% of checklist ...
Blood in the stool.Cancers can bleed, but so can a bunch of other things, like ulcers, hemorrhoids, infections, or a sore. When you see red in your poop, the blood is often from somewhere in your GI tract, meaning your esophagus, stomach, or intestines. One way to tell where the bl...
Gastritis is a term that refers to inflammation of the stomach lining due to any cause. Gastritis may come on suddenly (acute) or develop and persist over time (chronic). There are two main causes of gastritis: infection with a bacterium calledHelicobacter pylori(H. pylori) and taking and ...
Less common causes of cirrhosis include unusual reactions to some drugs and prolonged exposure to toxins, as well as chronic heart failure (cardiac cirrhosis). In certain parts of the world (particularly Northern Africa), infection of the liver with a parasite (schistosomiasis) is the most common...
Hemorrhoids Tender breasts, which may leak a watery pre-milk called colostrum Your belly button may protrude The baby "dropping," or moving lower in your abdomen Contractions, which can be a sign of real or false labor Other symptoms you may notice in the third trimester include shortness of...
Production of blood clotting factors Production of amino acids (the building blocks for making proteins), including those used to help fight infection The processing and storage of iron necessary for red blood cell production The manufacture of cholesterol and other chemicals required for fat transport...