Gastrointestinal bleeding Treatments
Gastrointestinal bleeding: Treatments Inroduction
Treatment plans for gastrointestinal bleeding are individualized depending on the underlying cause, the presence of coexisting diseases and complications, the age of the patient, and other factors.
It is possible that some types of gastrointestinal bleeding will resolve by themselves. Many causes of gastrointestinal bleeding, such as hemorrhoids, anal fissures, gastritis or constipation can be effectively treated with relatively simple measures. These may include changes in diet, drinking lots of water, exercise, medications, and/or minor outpatient surgical procedures.
Other causes of gastrointestinal bleeding, such as colorectal cancer, esophageal varices, or perforated peptic ulcers need more intensive treatment. Treatment may involve hospitalization, multiple oral or intravenous medications, chemotherapy, radiation, and/or endoscopy surgical procedures to stop bleeding directly at the site of the problem. Blood transfusion may be needed when gastrointestinal bleeding results in anemia.
Treatments for Gastrointestinal bleeding
The following treatments are listed for Gastrointestinal bleeding
in our knowledge base:
- Treatments for gastrointestinal bleeding emergencies:
- See also treatment of anemia - because anemia can result from gastrointestinal bleeding and its blood loss.
- See also treatment of dehydration
Latest treatments for Gastrointestinal bleeding
The following medications/drugs/procedures are some of the latest treatments for Gastrointestinal bleeding:
- IV fluid
- Cryoprecipitates
- Fresh frozen plasma
- Factor VIII concentrates
- Humate-P
- Profilate
- Alphanate
- Monoclate-P
- Profilnine
- Autoplex
- Alphanine
- Amicar
Treatments for Causes of Gastrointestinal bleeding
Review the treatment information pages for various causes of Gastrointestinal bleeding:
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Familial adenomatous polyposis
- Crohn's disease - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal cancer - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Ulcerative colitis - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Haemorrhoids
- Colonic diverticulosis
- Kaposi's sarcoma - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Oesophageal cancer
- Endometriosis
- Trichuriasis
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- Renal failure, chronic
- Oesophageal varices
- Colonic diverticulitis
- Anthrax
- Acinic cell carcinoma - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Amyloidosis AL - intestinal bleeding
- Angiosarcoma - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Aplastic anemia - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Biliary cirrhosis - stomach bleeding
- Capecitabine poisoning - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Anticoagulant rodenticide - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Calcium hypochlorite - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Chlorine - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Endothall - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Glycol Ether - stomach bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Potassium Permanganate - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 1 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 10 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 11 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 2 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 3 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 4 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 5 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 6 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 7 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 8 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Cancer, Susceptibility to, 9 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Colorectal Polyps - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Death Angel poisoning - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Digestive tract cancer - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Diverticular Disease - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Duodenal ulcer - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Essential thrombocytosis -- same as essential thrombocythemia - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- autosomal dominant - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Friuli - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Kanazawa - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Ketchikan - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Nottingham - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Padua - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- San Antonio - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Santo Domingo - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Shanghai - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- St. Louis II - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Stockton - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Taunton - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Tokyo - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Vorarlberg - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Wenatchee I - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Factor X deficiency -- Wenatchee II - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastric cancer, borrmann 4 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastric erosion - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastric lymphoma - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastrointestinal tumors - Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Hepatoma - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Heterophyiasis - intestinal hemorrhage
- Hookworm - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura - digestive bleeding
- Leukemia - digestive bleeding
- Malignant Buotonneuse fever - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Menkes Disease - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal - intestinal bleeding
- Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Pancreatic cancer - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Peptic Ulcer - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Phosgene oxime -- inhalation exposure - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Phosgene oxime exposure - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Plant poisoning -- Anthraquinone - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Polyarteritis nodosa - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis - stomach bleeding
- Small Intestine Cancer - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Stomach cancer - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Stuart factor deficiency, acquired - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, platelet type - Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 2 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Von Willebrand disease, type 3 - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Whipple's Disease - intestinal bleeding
- Yellow fever - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Zellweger Syndrome - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Amebic dysentery - intestinal bleeding
- Chemical adverse reaction -- Cesium - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Dimethyl Phthalate - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Chemical poisoning -- Dimethylnitrosamine - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Ileitis - digestive bleeding
- Osler's disease - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Rattle snake poisoning - gastrointestinal bleeding
- Small intestine diverticulosis - Intestinal hemorrhage
- Striped Blister Beetle poisoning - gastrointestinal bleeding
More causes: not all possible causes for Gastrointestinal bleeding are listed above; for a full list refer to causes of Gastrointestinal bleeding.
Treatment Notes
Only your doctor can advise whether any of these treatments are appropriate
for your specific medical situation.
Always discuss all treatment options with your doctor before
making a decision,
including whether to start or discontinue any treatment plan.
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Gastrointestinal bleeding:
The following list of conditions
have 'Gastrointestinal bleeding' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which
include a symptom of Gastrointestinal bleeding or choose View All.
Conditions listing medical complications: Gastrointestinal bleeding:
The following list of medical conditions have 'Gastrointestinal bleeding'
or similar listed as a medical complication in our database.
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