What to do if the elderly are bleeding from the stomach

The treatments for gastric bleeding in the elderly include general treatments such as fasting, drug treatments such as omeprazole and terlipressin, and endoscopic or surgical hemostatic treatments. 1. General treatment: if the bleeding is large, fasting and gastrointestinal decompression are needed to keep the respiratory tract open, give oxygen to improve the oxygen concentration, and monitor the patient’s vital signs. 2. Drug therapy: acid-suppressing drugs can be used, such as omeprazole, lansoprazole, etc.; patients with ruptured varices of the esophagogastric varices bleeding can be treated with growth inhibitors, terlipressin and other drugs to control bleeding. It should also do a good job of rehydration therapy, with hemorrhagic shock also need to consider blood transfusion therapy. 3. Hemostatic treatment: including endoscopic hemostatic treatment and interventional treatment, three-lumen two-capsule tube compression hemostatic treatment, if the above methods can not stop bleeding well, surgical treatment can be considered to stop bleeding. Elderly people with gastric bleeding should go to the hospital and ask the doctor to make judgment and give treatment plan.