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Bleed per rectum/find blood in your poo. (If you put the blood in the poo afterwards, this does not count. That's just weird.)
Bleed per rectum/find blood in your poo. (If you put the blood in the poo afterwards, this does not count. That's just weird.)


'''Melaena''' is passage of black, tarry stools from blodd higher up in the [[GI tract]] which has been digested.
'''Melaena''' is passage of black, tarry stools from [[bleeding]] higher up in the [[GI tract]] which has been digested.


===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===

Revision as of 15:54, 16 December 2009

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Definition

Bleed per rectum/find blood in your poo. (If you put the blood in the poo afterwards, this does not count. That's just weird.)

Melaena is passage of black, tarry stools from bleeding higher up in the GI tract which has been digested.

Epidemiology

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Pathophysiology

Clinical and Associated Features

Differential Diagnosis

Investigations

Management