Is neonatal gastrointestinal bleeding serious?

The common symptoms of GI bleeding in newborns are blood in the vomit and blood in the stool. Depending on the cause of GI bleeding in newborns, the severity of the disease varies. For example, it is common for newborn babies to swallow their mother’s blood, which can appear as blood in the stool or blood in the vomit, and most of which can be relieved after the baby’s stomach is pumped. In addition, there are some babies who bleed after an injury to the oral or nasal cavity, and after swallowing, they may have gastrointestinal bleeding, which is also not a big problem. Some systemic bleeding disorders, such as severe infections, coagulation abnormalities, neonatal hemorrhagic disease, thrombocytopenia, etc., these bleeding disorders caused by gastrointestinal bleeding, usually bleeding volume is relatively large, this situation is more serious, need to actively treat the primary disease. In addition, some digestive diseases, such as stress ulcers, congenital anorectal diseases, digestive tract malformations, etc., can also cause gastrointestinal bleeding, and should also be treated accordingly. Generally as long as the amount of gastrointestinal bleeding is relatively small, does not affect the vital signs of the newborn baby changes, there is no obvious anemia, no symptoms of shock, the vast majority of the cure rate is high.