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Could Vomiting Of Foam And Blood Be The Cause For Death?

Hi One of My Friends Recently Died ..The Say That They Could Not Find The Cause Of Her Death Yet..But They Do Say It iS From Unatural Causes..She is 14 Years Old The Day She died she did not feel well..And suddenly fall to the ground se had pain and foam and blood started coming out of het mouth...What do you think could be the cause..??
Mon, 23 Mar 2015
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I read your question and I am sorry about the death of your friend at such a young age.

The foam and blood in this case are a symptom, a manifestation of the issue that lead to her death, not the cause. I can't say for sure what the cause was since I don't know what exactly did she complain, where was the pain you mention (head, chest, belly).
Speaking from the perspective of a neurologist, a brain hemorrhage (at that age it's due to a born malformation of a blood vessel) could well explain that description, it can manifest apart from headache and loss of consciousness with foam and blood from the mouth which are in the setting of a seizure or less probably from what is called neurogenic pulmonary edema.
Of course at times only an autopsy can determine the exact cause of death.

I hope to have been of help.
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Could Vomiting Of Foam And Blood Be The Cause For Death?

I read your question and I am sorry about the death of your friend at such a young age. The foam and blood in this case are a symptom, a manifestation of the issue that lead to her death, not the cause. I can t say for sure what the cause was since I don t know what exactly did she complain, where was the pain you mention (head, chest, belly). Speaking from the perspective of a neurologist, a brain hemorrhage (at that age it s due to a born malformation of a blood vessel) could well explain that description, it can manifest apart from headache and loss of consciousness with foam and blood from the mouth which are in the setting of a seizure or less probably from what is called neurogenic pulmonary edema. Of course at times only an autopsy can determine the exact cause of death. I hope to have been of help.