Symptom
Hematemesis
Vomiting of fresh or altered blood, typically originating from the upper gastrointestinal tract. Possible causes are peptic ulcer, gastritis, esophagitis, esophageal varices, Mallory-Weiss tear, medicationsn(blood thinners, NSAIDs, aspirin), and swallowed blood from nosebleeds or dental surgery, and malignancy (esophagus, stomach, pancreas).
Also known as: Haematemesis, Vomiting blood, Bloody vomit
Referencing diagnoses
- Acute liver failure
- Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Amyloidosis
- Aortoenteric fistula
- Bezoar
- Dieulafoys lesion
- Esophageal cancer
- Esophageal hiatal hernia
- Esophageal perforation
- Esophageal varices
- Gastric cancer
- Gastric lymphoma
- Gastrinoma
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Menetriers disease
- Perforated ulcer
- Portal hypertension
- Renal failure
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Schistosomiasis
- Shock
- Ulcer disease
- Viral hepatitis
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