gastric erosion

Vomit may be bloody as well, but a gastric erosion may not cause vomiting.

Seventeen had gastric erosions, mainly confined to the antrum.

Gastric erosion occurs when the mucous membrane lining the stomach becomes inflamed.

There is basically one symptom of gastric erosion: bleeding from the area where the stomach lesion is.

A gastric erosion may also occur because of emotional stress, or as a side effect of burns or stomach injuries.

Sometimes a person with a gastric erosion will experience severe bleeding all at once; here red (bloody) vomiting may occur, and/or black bowel movements.

In other cases further surgery may be required (e.g. removal of the band), should gastric erosion or a similar complication be detected.

"Gastric Erosion."

Thereafter, the stomach was perfused with ethanol (25 or 50%, wt/wt) in saline to induce the formation of gastric erosions.

The total area of gastric erosions and concentration of lipif peroxidesin the gastric mucosa increased with time after administration of indomethacin (20 mg/kg orally).

The total areas of gastric erosion six hours after indomethacin administration were 22.8 (3.5) mm in the control rats receiving intraperitoneal saline and 12.1mm in the DMSO group.

Long-term use of NSAIDs can cause gastric erosions, which can become stomach ulcers and in extreme cases can cause severe haemorrhage, resulting in death.

Siberian Huskies used for sled racing may also be prone to other ailments, such as gastric disease, bronchitis or bronchopulmonary ailments ("ski asthma"), and gastric erosions or ulcerations.

Within a week of starting the older drugs, more than 30 percent of patients develop gastric erosions or ulcers (often without symptoms), and within a year, about 3 percent have significant, sometimes fatal gastrointestinal bleeding.

After gastroscopy, samples from patients with gastric erosions or oesophagitis were discarded, as was any sample in which mucus, blood, or bile pigment was seen, since blood or bile could cause erroneous results while the mucus binds metals.