What is Gastrointestinal Bleeding?
Gastrointestinal bleeding refers to a bleeding from the digestive tract (the esophagus, stomach, intestines, colon, anus or rectum). This unnatural bleeding may be caused by:
- stomach (peptic) ulcers
- hemmorrhoids
- an inflamed or damaged esophagus
- diverticulosis (formation of pouches in the colon) or diverticulitis
- ulcerative colitis (
- certain cancers (such as cancer of the stomach, colon or esophagus)