Aspirin may not be healthy for the

DIGESTIVE TRACK it can also sometimes

cause serious bleeding in the upper

GASTROINTESTINAL tract. A study director

of medicine said the risk of bleeding is directly

related to aspirin. She also stated that ¼ of an

aspirin is good for a day (about the same amount

of a baby's aspirin). Another thing she stated was

that if you are taking aspirin for arthritis it may

cause severe bleeding. Late last moth in a journal

called Lancet , Lancet compared the use of aspirin

among 550 people admitted to the hospital with

serious bleeding from the stomach or

DUODENUM with the aspirin-taking practices of

1,202 non hospitalized people from the same

communities. An aspirin-induced ULCER or

gastric-an inflammation of the stomach lining is the

cause of such bleeding that typically results in

vomiting blood. In virtually everyone who takes

aspirin the aspirin may cause MICRO

BLEEDING. The more serious......

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