Aspirin
By: Tasha • Essay • 337 Words • January 15, 2009 • 1,194 Views
Essay title: Aspirin
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 Вј 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 bleeding is rare
however it is death threatening, Especially if the
person has any other medical problems or has lost
a lot of blood quickly. In a survey 19 per 100,000
people had the serious bleeding. It is precisely the
power of the aspirin that makes it effective against
heart attacks and strokes that are caused by clots.
I think that you should not take aspirin for
preventing