Haematemetis causes Flashcards
1
Q
TOP 5 CAUSES OF HAEMATEMESIS
A
After excluding colouring from drinks or food
1. Swallowed blood (from cracked nipple in breastfeeding neonate, to epistaxis in
child)
2. Repeated vomiting, acute gastritis
3. Ulceration: hiatus hernia, drugs (aspirin, iron ingestion), peptic ulcer
4. Bleeding disorders
5. Very rarely oesophageal varices
