Medical question about Tyre Nichols.

[LAS14]

How does it happen that someone dies of blood loss (internal injuries) when they've been in the hospital for three days. Can they stop the bleeding at the hospital?

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[dsc]

1. Not a doctor but

I would imagine that there was a bleed that they couldn't find or fix. I know in my case I am on blood thinners which makes bleeds more threatening to me but given his age that is unlikely.

[hlthe2b]

2. Yes, generally, but the effects of acute massive blood loss (e.g., internal bleeding) can do

tremendous damage to internal organs that may not show up for a couple of days leading to kidney, liver failure, and traumatic damage to intestines/stomach/colon that can lead to sepsis (overwhelming infection). And that doesn't count the possibility of micro clots that can develop (thrombi) that can travel to the lungs causing a fatal pulmonary embolus.

[Phoenix61]

3. Just a guess.

“Because the liver has many large blood vessels, the main problem resulting from liver injury is severe bleeding. Nearly all bleeding from a liver injury occurs within the abdominal cavity.”