Name
MELENA
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
COMMON CAUSES : - IRON PREPARATIONS BY MOUTH - BISMUTH PREPARATIONS - LICQUORICE PREPARATIONS - CHARCOAL TABS OR PREPARATIONS - BLEEDING FROM UPPER G.I. TRACT - DRUG INDUCED LIKE NSAIDS, STEROIDS UNCOMMON CAUSES : - MESENTRIC THROMBOSIS OR EMBOLISM - LEIMYOMA OF SMALL INTESTINE - LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF SMALL INTESTINE - HAEMENGIOMA OF SMALL INTESTINE - EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME - PEPTIC ULCER IN MECKELS DIVERTICULUM - CROHN DISEASE - HAEMORRHAGE IN TYPHOID FEVER ULCERS - ANGIODYSPLASIA OF SMALL INTESTINE - BLOOD DYSCRASIAS LEADING TO OOZING FROM THE INTESTINE - USE OF ANTICOAGULANTS - SMALL INTESTINAL ULCERATION IN COELIAC DISEASE - SECONDARY TO DRUG INDUCED DAMAGE TO SMALL INTESTINE
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
BLEEDING TIME, CLOTTING TIME, STOOL FOR OCCULT BLOOD, BUN, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, ENDOSCOPY UPPER G.I.