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 ...

Internal bleeding can cause severe pain, dizziness, and swelling. Trauma is a common cause of internal bleeding and includes injuries like fractures, puncture, and blunt trauma. Some drugs and ...

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is the second most common inherited bleeding disorder worldwide, affecting one in 3,800 persons. HHT's hallmark symptom is chronic nosebleeds, which often ...

Uncontrolled, undetected internal bleeding, an emergency medicine “time bomb,” can kill within hours.

A hemorrhagic ovarian cyst is a type of ovarian cyst that bleeds. Smaller cysts that do not cause symptoms may go away without treatment. However, a person may need surgery to remove a large or ...

Anemia and thrombocytopenia cause low levels of red blood cells and platelets. This can cause fatigue and bleeding problems. Thrombocytopenia is a low platelet count. Platelets, also known as ...

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 ...