How long does it take to get over an upper GI bleed?

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding, healing time varies from about a few days to a few weeks. The length of time it takes to heal depends on the severity of the bleeding, and the specific cause of the bleeding. If the bleeding is caused by ordinary peptic ulcer bleeding, or acute erosive hemorrhagic gastritis, the bleeding is usually relatively small, the prognosis is good, and the bleeding can be stopped by giving medications for about 3 days of conservative treatment. However, it is necessary to continue to give acid-suppressing drugs, combined with gastric mucosa-protecting drugs to treat ulcers and gastritis, so as to avoid further bleeding. If peptic ulcer is complicated by severe hemorrhage, surgery may be needed, and the treatment time will be extended accordingly, about one week to 10 days. In addition, for bleeding caused by rupture of esophagogastric fundal varices, the treatment time is also to be extended accordingly, about 5-7 days or even two weeks, because the bleeding is relatively large and easy to repeat. Therefore, you must pay attention to the prevention of esophagogastric fundus varices and rupture hemorrhage in general.