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Why Did The Person Who Was Hit On His Diaphragm Bleed From Mouth, Have Grey Skin An Then Passed Out?
My hon bio class project is to find out what happend to this person. He was stood up and hit in the diaphragm with a hockey stick and elbowed in the same place the after symptoms are bleeding of the mouth tiredness grey skin and he passed out. What could be wrong?
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
General & Family Physician, Dr. Vidya KR's Response
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Injury to diaphragm would have resulted in injury to food pipe or airway system resulting in bleeding , which has come out with mouth, and sudden collapse after would be spleen injury or large blood vessel injury. Which has resulted in massive sudden blood loss.
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Why Did The Person Who Was Hit On His Diaphragm Bleed From Mouth, Have Grey Skin An Then Passed Out?
Hi, thanks for using HCM. Injury to diaphragm would have resulted in injury to food pipe or airway system resulting in bleeding , which has come out with mouth, and sudden collapse after would be spleen injury or large blood vessel injury. Which has resulted in massive sudden blood loss. Regards