When most people think about bleeding, they imagine visible wounds and blood-stained bandages. However, internal bleeding poses a far more dangerous threat precisely because it often goes unnoticed ...

MELAKA, July 13 — A black stool can mean nothing at all, or it can be the body’s first warning sign of ...

Blunt trauma from car accidents, sports injuries, and falls often leads to a ruptured spleen. Treatment for a non-severe ruptured spleen involves bed rest and medications. An untreated ruptured spleen ...

Hemophilia may lead to internal bleeding, particularly in joints and the brain, which could cause pain, swelling, and neurological symptoms. Preventive treatment with clotting factor concentrates and ...

Knowing how to control bleeding quickly and effectively—and having the right equipment on hand—saves lives in the case of a traumatic accident. There are several effective ways to control bleeding in ...

Severe thrombocytopenia can be very dangerous, even fatal, without treatment. Treatment depends on the underlying cause but can include medications, transfusions, and surgery. Severe thrombocytopenia ...

Trauma is the leading cause of death in the US for people 45 and under, according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and main reason for that is blood loss. Erin Lavik, a professor ...

People who take an anticoagulant medicine double their risk of an internal bleed if they take a type of painkiller called a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as ibuprofen, diclofenac ...

A drug approved for treating the blood cancer multiple myeloma may offer a safe and effective way to reduce the risk of severe nosebleeds from a rare but devastating bleeding disorder. Hereditary ...

Uncontrolled, undetected internal bleeding, an emergency medicine “time bomb,” can kill within hours. So, when Dr. Fraser Mackay saw a young woman recently with a minor shoulder injury from a fall who ...