What causes coughing up blood, bloody stools, and vomiting blood?

Coughing up blood, blood in the stool, and vomiting blood are all medical terms related to blood. As long as one of these three conditions occurs, people will be terrified, but not many people really understand the reasons. In fact, there are many reasons that can cause coughing up blood, blood in the stool, and vomiting blood. Let's take a closer look!

Coughing up blood is often a warning sign of lung disease. Diseases that may cause coughing up blood include: pneumonia, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, etc.

Vomiting blood may indicate a digestive system abnormality. Vomiting blood from the mouth may be caused by peptic ulcer, rupture and bleeding of esophageal and gastric veins caused by liver cirrhosis, acute gastric mucosal damage, or even gastric cancer.

Blood in the stool often indicates gastrointestinal bleeding. The most common are varicose veins in the esophagus or stomach, and bleeding from gastric or duodenal ulcers, which may be life-threatening in severe cases. There are also some stress-induced bleeding, such as acute gastric mucosal lesions. Patients with cerebral hemorrhage may also experience stress bleeding of the gastric mucosa.

Traditional Chinese medicine reminds that if there is upper gastrointestinal bleeding, the stool is mostly black in color. If it is as black as tar, it means that the amount of bleeding is heavy. In addition, in the case of lower gastrointestinal bleeding, the color of bloody stool is mostly dark red, but the proportion of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in bloody stool is relatively low, only 10% of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Bleeding in the urine indicates that there may be a problem with the urinary system. If the color of the urine is like strong tea or meat washing water, it indicates that the abnormal organ may be the kidney, ureter, bladder or urethra. The type of lesion may be inflammation, stone, tuberculosis, or tumor.

Traditional Chinese medicine reminds that once the above situation occurs, you should seek medical attention immediately and do not delay the treatment.