The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
This division of the National Institutes of Health provides extensive information about digestive diseases and treatments, including gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding results from abnormalities in the lining of your gastrointestinal tract, including the small and large intestines.
At IU Health, our physicians use the latest technology to find the source of your bleeding and stop it.
Several conditions can change your intestinal lining and cause intestinal bleeding. The bleeding can be slow and unnoticeable, or fast (hemorrhage) with obvious signs of blood in the stool. Tumors, polyps, ulcers and other abnormalities in the lining of your intestines can cause chronic gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that over time can make you feel weak and cause anemia.
These abnormalities can result from cancers, medicines taken to treat other ailments and/or part of existing conditions, such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.
When physicians cannot locate the source of the bleeding by using upper endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy, they use balloon enteroscopy to examine the most difficult-to-reach parts of your small bowel. The program is the only one of its kind in Indiana. IU Health enteroscopy services pioneer new uses and therapies to diagnose, treat and manage your symptoms.
With GI bleeding, your body loses a small amount of blood every day. Over time, this can cause the following symptoms:
Symptoms of anemia could indicate gastrointestinal bleeding.
Several conditions can change your intestinal lining and cause intestinal bleeding. The bleeding can be slow and unnoticeable, or fast (hemorrhage) with obvious signs of blood in the stool. Tumors, polyps, ulcers and other abnormalities in the lining of your intestines can cause chronic gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that over time can make you feel weak and cause anemia.
These abnormalities can result from cancers, medicines taken to treat other ailments and/or part of existing conditions, such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.
When physicians cannot locate the source of the bleeding by using upper endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy, they use balloon enteroscopy to examine the most difficult-to-reach parts of your small bowel. The program is the only one of its kind in Indiana. IU Health enteroscopy services pioneer new uses and therapies to diagnose, treat and manage your symptoms.
With GI bleeding, your body loses a small amount of blood every day. Over time, this can cause the following symptoms:
Symptoms of anemia could indicate gastrointestinal bleeding.
At IU Health, your physicians lead research and clinical trials, which enables them to give you the most advanced treatments available. In some instances, therapy with a balloon-assisted scope can help you avoid surgery.
IU Health’s affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology gives physicians access to many gastrointestinal experts and a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating your gastrointestinal bleeding including:
At IU Health, your physicians lead research and clinical trials, which enables them to give you the most advanced treatments available. In some instances, therapy with a balloon-assisted scope can help you avoid surgery.
IU Health’s affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology gives physicians access to many gastrointestinal experts and a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating your gastrointestinal bleeding including:
This division of the National Institutes of Health provides extensive information about digestive diseases and treatments, including gastrointestinal bleeding.
This association offers patient information about small bowel (GI) bleeding, its causes and treatments.
The patient section of this group’s website includes detailed information about many disorders of the small intestine and treatments such as balloon enteroscopy.
This division of the National Institutes of Health provides extensive information about digestive diseases and treatments, including gastrointestinal bleeding.
This association offers patient information about small bowel (GI) bleeding, its causes and treatments.
The patient section of this group’s website includes detailed information about many disorders of the small intestine and treatments such as balloon enteroscopy.