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What is a gi bleed?
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Blood loss: Blood loss from anywhere in the GI tract. Mouth to anus.
Answered 1/4/2016
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Bleeding from gut: Gi bleed is any bleeding from usually the stomach of colon. Rarely it can be from the esophagus or small bowel. An endoscopy is usually needed to evaluate and stop the bleeding.
Answered 10/5/2015
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