please help black vomiting
on 12/7/11 10:53 pm
on 12/7/11 10:58 pm - Califreakinfornia , CA
Coffee ground vomitus refers to a particular appearance of vomit. Blood contains iron within heme molecules in red blood cells. When this iron has been exposed to gastric acid for some time, it becomes oxidized. This reaction causes the vomitus to look like ground coffee. Coffee-ground vomitus is a classic sign of upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. A peptic ulcer, for example, may bleed into the stomach and produce coffee-ground vomitus. When bright red blood is vomited, this is termed hematemesis. Hematemesis, in contrast to coffee ground vomitus, suggests that upper gastrointestinal bleeding is more acute or more severe, or originates more proximally than the stomach: for example, in the esophagus due to a Mallory-Weiss tear.
Oxidized blood from an upper gastrointestinal bleed can also be excreted in stool. It produces tarry, blackened stools known as melaena.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_ground_vomiting
P.S NSV went to the gym this morning for an hour and I didn't give in to my worries and eat them way me... cause Lord know that I eat when I'm worried or stressed
on 12/8/11 4:13 am - Califreakinfornia , CA