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What Causes Severe Bleeding From The Rectum Having COPD And A Chronic Alcoholic?
I know an elderly lady who has copd and was a chronic alcoholic and who now in the last 36 hours has started to bleed heavily from her rectum, when I say heavily she half filled a commode with blood yesterday and passed out and again at 3 am this morning she had a heavy bleed
Thu, 10 Nov 2016
Hi... Bleeding from rectum most commonly occurs from Hemorrhoids. Other causes include polyps, rectal ulcer and etc.
Since the lady is chronic alcoholic she may have liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension which increases pressure in Rectal veins and can cause haevy bleeding. So i would recommend,
1. Meet an gastroenterologist/surgeon as soon as possibble.
2.Get her colonoscopy done to know source of bleeding.
3.Get her Haemoglobin levels and coagulation profile.
Since the lady is chronic alcoholic she may have liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension which increases pressure in Rectal veins and can cause haevy bleeding. So i would recommend,
1. Meet an gastroenterologist/surgeon as soon as possibble.
2.Get her colonoscopy done to know source of bleeding.
3.Get her Haemoglobin levels and coagulation profile.
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