Bleeding into the gastrointestinal tract (enterorrhagia, haematemesis, melaena)

Abstract

Enterorrhagia is bleeding from the intestine (passage blood from the anus). Haematemesis is the vomiting of blood from the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Melaena is the passage of black, tarry stool.

Keywords

• Enterorrhagia
• haematemesis
• melaena
• bleeding
• gastrointestinal tract