10 Internal Bleeding Symptoms
7. Abdominal Pain
Abdominal pain is a non-specific symptom associated with many conditions. The location and characteristics of the pain can help to distinguish between different pathologies and it can be very useful information to the clinicians in order to provide an accurate diagnosis.
Abdominal pain is a common complaint of people suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and gastritis, which happen to be common causes of ulcers that might lead to internal bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract. Blood is not supposed to accumulate in the abdominal cavity, and when this happens it irritates the peritoneum which is the membrane that serves as the lining of the abdominal cavity. Severe abdominal pain after blunt trauma to the abdomen might be a sign that the spleen has ruptured which is a medical emergency.
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