Abstract
Massive gastritis bleeding occures in the normal stomach if the stimulant is too strong. On the other hand there is chronic gastritis which bleeds easily even if the stimulant is weak, and we demonstrated such easily bleeding cases in our article.
Sixty-seven cases of massive bleeding in gastritis were admitted to our hospital during the past 11 years. The causes were; alkohol 48 (78%) salicylates 3, cortico-steroids 2, anabolic steroids 2, D860 and other oral drugs for diabetes 4, other oral drugs 4 & other causes 5.
The gastric acidity of these cases is apt to be high, and a careful histological examination often reveals figures of healing erosions or ulcers. So we suppose that the bleeding may be due to ulcerations or erosions which easily heal in a short time.
We experienced several cases which were found to be cancer several years after the episode of massive gastric bleeding.
Massive gastritis bleeding caused by oral drugs is not infrequent. We must be careful in using new drugs which have not been proved safe from the stand point of gastric bleeding.
