After an internal injury it can take several days for the internal injuries to show up and cause symptoms.
Symptoms of internal injuries and internal bleeding are fainting, dizziness, bruises and pain.
If you think you have an internal injury you should go to the ER or urgent care to get checked out.
A hard hit to the stomach can cause internal bleeding in the stomach or anywhere else where the stomach area was hit.
You may not even know that you have internal bleeding without being checked out.
With a hard hit to the stomach organs such as the bladder, spleen, liver and even the pancreas can be injured and lead to internal bleeding.
If you had a hard hit to the stomach you should go to the ER to get checked out.
The first signs of internal bleeding are extreme thirst, breathlessness, pale, clammy, sweaty skin, nausea and vomiting, swollen, tight abdomen, pain at the injured site and even unconsciousness.
Internal bleeding is most often silent and can go unnoticed for several hours or even days and then can be deadly although some internal bleeding shows symptoms.
If you ignore internal bleeding it can lead to coma, organ failure and even death.
The difference between bleeding and internal bleeding is bleeding is when bleeding or blood comes out and occurs externally such as from a cut, puncture etc and internal bleeding is bleeding that occurs in the body which can be unnoticed.
Internal bleeding also requires a high level of clinical suspicion obtained through a thorough history and physical, laboratory tests, imaging, and close monitoring of vital signs.
If internal bleeding goes unnoticed and untreated it can lead to coma, organ failure and even death.
And even with treatment sometimes severe internal injuries can still cause death so it's very important to get checked out if you suspect internal bleeding.
The 4 signs of internal bleeding are pain at the injured site, swollen or tight abdomen, nausea and vomiting and pale, clammy, sweaty skin.
Other signs of internal bleeding are breathlessness, extreme thirst and unconsciousness.
You sometimes feel pain when you have internal bleeding and the pain will be felt at the injured site and you may also have vomiting, nausea, tight abdomen or a swollen abdomen.
However in some cases you may not have pain with the internal bleeding and may be unaware about it.
Internal bleeding can be much more difficult to identify.
The internal bleeding may not be evident for many hours after it begins, and symptoms may only occur when there is significant blood loss or if a blood clot is large enough to compress an organ and prevent it from functioning properly.