My partner is 7 weeks pregnant. Had an ultrasound last week and they saw a heartbeat and a sac. She had a little bleeding a few weeks ago but the dr said it was an implantation bleed. She is not bleeding now, the tests were really dark for the last few weeks and now they are getting lighter.
GI bleeding is not a disease, but a symptom of a disease. There are many possible causes of GI bleeding, including hemorrhoids, peptic ulcers, tears or inflammation in the esophagus, diverticulosis and diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, colonic polyps, or cancer in the colon, stomach or esophagus.
There are four main testing approaches to GI bleeding: 1  Blood tests and other laboratory studies. 2  Upper endoscopy for suspected upper GI tract bleeding. 3  Colonoscopy for lower GI tract bleeding (unless clearly caused by hemorrhoids) 4  Angiography if bleeding is rapid or severe.