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will call you back within one business day. Blood in your
child’s vomit or stool can be a sign of gastrointestinal (GI)
bleeding. GI bleeding can be scary for you and your child. Many
times, the cause of the bleeding is not serious. Still, your
child should ALWAYS be seen by a doctor if GI bleeding occurs.
The GI tract is the path that food travels through the body.
Food passes from the mouth down the esophagus (the tube from the
mouth to the stomach). Food begins to break down in the stomach.
It then moves through the duodenum, the first part of the small
intestine. Nutrients are absorbed as food travels through the
small intestine. What is left passes into the large intestine
(colon) as waste. The colon removes water from the waste. Waste
continues from the colon to the rectum (where stool is stored).
Waste then leaves the body through the anus. Your child’s GI
bleeding may have been caused by many different problems. Some
of the more common ones