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  2. Sepsis - Wikipedia

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    Sepsis was the most expensive condition treated in United States' hospital stays in 2013, at an aggregate cost of $23.6 billion for nearly 1.3 million hospitalizations. [132] Costs for sepsis hospital stays more than quadrupled since 1997 with an 11.5 percent annual increase. [133]

  3. Gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    When there is significant blood loss over a short time, symptoms may include vomiting red blood, vomiting black blood, bloody stool, or black stool. [1] Small amounts of bleeding over a long time may cause iron-deficiency anemia resulting in feeling tired or heart-related chest pain. [1]

  4. Caustic ingestion - Wikipedia

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    Caustic ingestion occurs when someone accidentally or deliberately ingests a caustic or corrosive substance.Depending on the nature of the substance, the duration of exposure and other factors it can lead to varying degrees of damage to the oral mucosa, the esophagus, and the lining of the stomach.

  5. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    Based on evidence from people with other health problems crystalloid and colloids are believed to be equivalent for peptic ulcer bleeding. [15] In people with a confirmed peptic ulcer, proton pump inhibitors do not reduce death rates, later bleeding events, or need for surgery. [18] They may decrease signs of bleeding at endoscopy however. [18]

  6. Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Sepsis - Wikipedia

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    The medical condition has been described since the time of Hippocrates. [12] The terms "septicemia" and "blood poisoning" have been used in various ways, and are no longer recommended. [ 12 ] [ 13 ]

  7. Norovirus, aka stomach flu, on the rise in the US: Know these ...

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    Most people are infectious from the time symptoms begin until about two or three days after symptoms resolve, Ko said, but some people can remain contagious or up to two weeks after recovery.

  8. Gastric lavage - Wikipedia

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    Gastric lavage, also commonly called stomach pumping or gastric irrigation, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach using a tube. Since its first recorded use in the early 19th century, it has become one of the most routine means of eliminating poisons from the stomach. [ 1 ]

  9. Chef, 30, was told his stomach pain was food poisoning or ...

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    Man, 30, diagnosed with colon cancer after feeling stomach pain. Doctors explain colorectal cancer symptoms in younger people, how to self advocate. Chef, 30, was told his stomach pain was food ...