Symptoms of the disease 

• significant loss of blood
• localized pain
• pallor
• rapid breathing or shortness of breath
• dizziness, vertigo, weakness
• anguish, anxiety
• cold sweat
• clammy skin
• confusion
• State of shock

People at risk

People who have a higher risk of suffering from a hemorrhage are mainly people who take anticoagulants (1% of French people would take Anti-Vitamin K, an anticoagulant, according to the Haute Autorité de Santé) and people with one of the many diseases affecting the mechanisms of coagulation. 

Risk factors

Several drugs such as antibiotics can interact with anticoagulants, either by reducing their effect or on the contrary by increasing it, and thus cause either clots or bleeding. THE’aspirine also increases the risk of bleeding. Finally, people suffering from Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, peptic ulcer or several other pathologies of the digestive tract may also suffer from hemorrhages, present in the stool.

Prevention

To limit the risk of bleeding when taking anticoagulants, it is important to ensure that the treatment is well balanced and that the patient is regularly monitored. Thus, the blood is not too fluid and the bleeding much less important in the event of a cut or shock.