1.   Women of child-bearing age are at greatest risk, since their monthly bleeding is a major source of iron loss.

2.   Variceal bleeding was responsible for only four deaths.

3.   Patients with anaemia with these lesions require full investigation as they are unlikely to be the cause of the anaemia even if frank rectal bleeding is present.

4.   Excessive bleeding is a risk and so is infection.

5.   Excessive menstrual bleeding is more than an inconvenience.

6.   He was bleeding, but the bleeding was under control.

7.   If it struck a vein, the bleeding would have been less severe but still fatal.

8.   If there was extensive bleeding, she said, she used traditional remedies to stop it.

9.   In a few cases, the bleeding is so severe that not even pads or tampons can stanch the flow.

10.   In addition, Gray said, there is no evidence of a systemic infection or stroke, and the bleeding is under control.