Vomitting Blood

[albaqwerty]

I will be making an appointment to see doc when surgery opens at 8.30

Regurgitated my dinner, (excuse the grossness) during 3rd reurg. I notice some blood in it, not bright red.
Then had raging heartburn for about an hour.
Don't fancy an endoscope but do you think one might be arranged by the doc?

[Mamyalynne]

None in my book Sqad. More a perception thing I guess but no difference in definition.

[rowanwitch]

but he can't resist a little prod....

[Sqad]

rowan....;-)......I would never resist a "prod"with you........;-0

[rowanwitch]

Why did I know you'd say something like that...

[DTCwordfan]

just poke him with your broom, rowan.....

[craft1948]

Go on Rowan.................make his nose bleed.

[Old_Geezer]

My guess would be that some folk consider a haemorrhage to be an extreme amount of bleeding.

[anneasquith]

there is no difference sqad :)

[Sqad]

O_G.......an eggcupful?......teacup full?........bucketfull?.........lapping over your boots?.......what would you describe as an "extreme amount?"

[Sqad]

anne....;-).........marry me.

[craft1948]

I'll go for the bucket.............

[anneasquith]

sqad.....................your mixing me up with someone else !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Old_Geezer]

Bucketful sounds good, don't you think ? Maybe half a bucketful then. All rather subjective.

[anneasquith]

pour a pint of milk on your kitchen floor.........................now imagine that is blood,, it appears much more than a pint , dont you think ?

[Sqad]

O_G oddly enough it is the Lay people that use the term haemorrhage more often then medics, who in my experience very rarely use the term. If one cuts the jugular vein during a neck dissection, one doesn't say "Christ she haemorrhaging"....one would say "Bloody hell she bleeding" or words to that effect.;-)

Also bleeding to a Thoracic surgeon is when the blood is lapping over the sides of his Wellington boots, whereas if an ENT surgeon sees a red blood cell appear in the microscope field he says to the anaesthetist " Get your @rse over here and stop this torrential bleed.

See..... different things to different people.

[albaqwerty]

You lot do cheer me up :)

Had blood in the other direction, hence colonsocopic doo-dah (see, my meical knowledge is coming to the fore) All clear.

I don't think it is related to the other problem, maybe I just need rubbed out and re-drawn.

Ooh, Rowan put sqadlet down please xx

PS Couldn't get through to to docs on the phone, but was in the neghbourhood this afternoon so thought I'd pop in. Guess who is closed for a 1/2 day Practice Training Session.
It was only a one off (so far) but better safe than sorry. xx

[rowanwitch]

petiachial heamorhages can be tiny


a variceal bleed huge

an aortic blow out never want to see one seen the aftermath that was enough


Actually when blood wells out of the patient and runs down the drapes its normally 'oh flump' somebody fetch the level two transfuser and all the o neg... and a mop suction one of you... pass the artery forceps sister...

[albaqwerty]

Leave poor Flump1 out of it :) please

[Sqad]

methyl

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