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Li Shiying
Department of Infectious Diseases,
the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University
Aim and Requirements
• Amebic dysentery
• Schistosomiasis
• Ulcerative colitis CD UC
• Colon cancer
• Colon polyps
• Ischemic colotis
Etiology
Lower GI diseases
3. Rectal diseases
• Injury
• Proctitis
• Rectal polypus
• Rectal cancer
• Hemorrhoids
• Anal fissure
• Anal fistula
Etiology
Lower GI diseases
4. Intestinal vascular malformation
• Vascular degeneration
• Hereditery telangiectasia
Etiology
Upper GI diseases
Caused by the diseases of UGI organs, such as esophageal, stomach,
duodenal, liver, gallbladder, pancreas.
1. Melena
The blood from UGI is usually chemically modified by action of acid and
enzymes.
• intermittent bleeding
Clinical Manifestation
• Abdominal pain
Recurrent, periodic, chronic abdominal pain → peptic ulceration
• Tenesmus
Recal and anal disease, e.g. dysentery, proctitis, rectal cancer
• Fever
Infective disease and maglignant tumor, e.g. epidemic hemorrhagic fever,
septicemia, leukemia, lymphoma.
Accompanying Signs
• Mucocutaneous hemorrhage
• Skin changes
• Abdominal mass
Lymphoma, colon cancer, intestinal tuberculosis, intestinal invagination, Crohn’s
disease.
Accessory Examination
• Ultrosound
• CT (Computed tomography)
History Taking
• Precipitating factor of hematochezia, e.g. diet, drugs, alcohol
• Accompanying signs
• General conditions
• Recognition of Hematochezia
• Diagnosis
Case analysis
Q:
1. What are the possible reasons for the hematochezia?
2. What examination should be performed?
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