15,834
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Create page.
'''Haemorrhage/bleeding''' is [a]n abnormal escape of blood from an artery, a vein, an arteriole, a venule or a capillary network. Haemorrhage may occur into a body cavity or organ, into tissues such as muscles, or externally by way of a wound. Internal haemorrhage often causes a HAEMATOMA. Severe haemorrhage results in dangerous loss of circulating blood volume and there may be insufficient to supply the heart muscle and the brain. This is inevitably fatal unless a rapid transfusion of blood is given. Insufficient circulating fluid causes the syndrome of surgical [[Shock| SHOCK]] for which fluid replacement is urgently needed. This need not be whole blood; an infusion of salt water (saline) can save life.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/H%c3%a6morrhage
|archived=
|title=Haemorrhage
|trans-title=
|language=
|last=
|first=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Free Dictionary
|website=
|date=2004
|accessdate=2022-01-20
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
[[Category:Term]]
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/H%c3%a6morrhage
|archived=
|title=Haemorrhage
|trans-title=
|language=
|last=
|first=
|author-link=
|publisher=The Free Dictionary
|website=
|date=2004
|accessdate=2022-01-20
|format=
|quote=
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
[[Category:Term]]
[[Category:Circumcision complication]]