Open AccessCauses and Management of Lower Gastro-Intestinal Bleeding
Author(s) -
Mohammed Salah Hussein,
Ziyad Abdullah Alshagawi,
Noor Abdulhakim M. Al Fateel,
Hossam Mohammed Alashhab,
Alenzi Meshari Mosleh,
Osamah Abdulmonem Almutawa,
Abdulrahman Oun Alshahrani,
Mohammed Faisal G. Alahmadi,
Saleh Kamal Alzahrani,
Wed Mohammed Khorami,
Naif Mohammed Al-Wagdani,
Abdalrhman Nbil Bokhari,
Wafa Faisal W. Aljadrawi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i46a32907
Subject(s) - medicine , hematochezia , lower gastrointestinal bleeding , angiodysplasia , hemorrhoids , ischemic colitis , melena , argon plasma coagulation , gastroenterology , bleed , diverticulosis , rectum , varices , gastrointestinal bleeding , radiation proctitis , surgery , enteroscopy , colonoscopy , colitis , colorectal cancer , ulcerative colitis , proctitis , cancer , endoscopy , disease , cirrhosis
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding from the colon is a communal reason for hospitalization and is being more frequent in older patients. Gastrointestinal bleeding is known as any bleeding that takes place in the GIT from mouth to anus. Lower GI bleeding is defined as bleeding distal to the ligament of Treitz. Lower GI bleed is typically presented as hematochezia which is the passing of bright red blood clots or burgundy stools through the rectum. The causes of lower GI bleeding are changing over the past several decades from diverticulosis (which is the protrusion of the colon wall at the site of penetrating vessels), infectious colitis, ischemic colitis, angiodysplasia, inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, rectal varices, dieulafoy lesion, radiation-induced damage following cancer treatment to post-surgical. Management of lower GI bleeding is done through assessing the severity of symptoms and the condition of the overall case.