Lower gastrointestinal bleed

external

• Synonyms

  • Lower GI bleed
  • Overt GI bleed
  • Overt gastrointestinal bleed
  • PR bleed
  • Bleeding per rectum

• Causes

  • Diverticular disease
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Crohn's disease
  • Ischaemic colitis
  • Angiodysplasia of colon
  • Colorectal carcinoma
  • Bowel infarction
  • Haemorrhoid
  • Fissure-in-ano
  • Hookworm
  • Pinworm
  • Proctitis
  • Solitary rectal ulcer
  • Gastrointestinal carcinoma

• Effects

  • Blood in faeces

• Parents

  • Gastrointestinal haemorrhage