Sentences with phrase «upper respiratory tract bleed»

There are various causes of black tarry faeces including foreign bodies, poisoning, gastric ulcers, upper respiratory tract bleed (which in turn is swallowed), eating bloody meat, severe infections and parasites.

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Tarry black faeces indicates bleeding in the respiratory tract which is then swallowed and digested, or bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Black tarry faeces is indicative of digested blood caused by a bleed in the gastrointestinal tract or upper respiratory tract (or eating raw meat).

Dark, sticky faeces are an indication of digested blood in the faeces (the iron in the blood turns black); this would indicate a bleed somewhere in the upper gastrointestinal tract or respiratory tract (respiratory tract bleeding gets swallowed and then digested).

Black tarry faeces indicates the presence of digested blood in the faeces (due to oxidation of iron) which would have originated in the upper gastrointestinal tract, the cause of this may be due to ulcers, infections, tumours, poisons, foreign bodies, platelet disorder, liver or kidney disease, respiratory tract bleeding (being swallowed and passed) or nutrition.

I am concerned about the black tarry faeces which would indicate that Maddie has a bleed in her upper gastrointestinal tract or respiratory tract which is being swallowed and digested.