Hematemesis means vomiting blood. You may vomit blood along with your stomach contents, or blood alone.
It may be fresh and bright red, or darker and coagulated, like coffee grounds.
Common causes
Hematemesis is a sign of internal bleeding from the upper portion of your digestive system
Causes include.....
Stomach ulcer or severe gastritis ....
So If you vomit blood and also have a burning or gnawing pain in your tummy, the most likely causes are a stomach ulcer or severe inflammation of the stomach lining that is called gastritis).
Now Bleeding occurs when the ulcer or inflammation damages an underlying artery
Oesophageal varices...which are are enlarged veins in the walls of the lower part of the oesophagus
Severe gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
where acid leaks out of the stomach and up into the oesophagus.
Esophagitis... (inflammation of the esophagus)
Tear in the oesophagus
