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Blood

Bleeding is the loss of blood. It can be external, or outside the body, like when you get a cut or wound. It can also be internal, or inside the body, like when you have an injury to an internal organ. Some bleeding, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, coughing up blood, or vaginal bleeding, can be a symptom of a disease.

Normally, when you are injured and start bleeding, a blood clot forms to stop the bleeding quickly. Afterwards, the clot dissolves naturally. To be able to make a clot, your blood needs blood proteins called clotting factors and a type of blood cell called platelets. Some people have a problem with clotting, due to another medical condition or an inherited disease. There are two types of problems:

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Results 1 - 10 of 273 for hemorrhages
  1. Hemorrhagic Stroke (National Library of Medicine)  
    A stroke is a medical emergency. There are two types - ischemic and hemorrhagic. Hemorrhagic stroke is the less common type. It happens when a blood vessel ...
  2. Bleeding (National Library of Medicine)  
    Bleeding is the loss of blood. It can be external, or outside the body, like when you get a cut or wound. It can also be internal, or inside the body, like when ...
  3. Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain. This ... Subarachnoid hemorrhage can be caused by: Bleeding from a tangle of blood vessels called an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) Bleeding ...
  4. Splinter hemorrhages are small areas of bleeding (hemorrhage) under the fingernails or toenails. ... Splinter hemorrhages look like thin, red to reddish-brown lines of blood under the nails. They run in the ...
  5. ... disease Lung failure Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis Severe pulmonary hemorrhage (lung bleeding) ... 2020:chap 32. Schwarz MI, Matson S. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. In: Broaddus VC, Ernst JD, King TE, et ...
  6. You were in the hospital after having a stroke . Stroke happens when blood flow to part of the brain stops. At home follow your health ...
  7. An epidural hematoma (EDH) is bleeding between the inside of the skull and the outer covering of the brain (called the dura mater). ...
  8. Subconjunctival hemorrhage is a bright red patch appearing in the white of the eye. This condition is one of ... clear tissue called the bulbar conjunctiva . A subconjunctival hemorrhage occurs when a small blood vessel breaks open ...
  9. Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) of the newborn is bleeding into the fluid-filled areas (ventricles) inside the brain. The condition ...
  10. Intracerebellar hemorrhage shown by CT scan. This hemorrhage followed use of t-PA.
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