# Gastro AVM **URL:** https://avmsurvivors.org/c/types-of-avms/gastro-avm/42.md [Latest](https://avmsurvivors.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://avmsurvivors.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://avmsurvivors.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Gastro AVM category](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/about-the-gastro-avm-category/15671)
**Author:** [@ModSupport](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/ModSupport)\ **Replies:** 0
This category is for members of the GastroIntestinal Group to post stories. Stories posted here notify members of that group. There may well be some overlap between the GI group and the Pelvic And Uterine group and cat… --- ## [Bleed, stroke, etc](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/bleed-stroke-etc/29044)
**Author:** [@Kricha](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Kricha)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/bleed-stroke-etc/29044 "2023-09-01T22:07:08Z")
Hello everyone, I must’ve joined this site in 2021. So basically the short version of everything is: I got diagnosed with a large vein of Galen brain AVM late 2020 right before my 21rst birthday and was immediately take… --- ## [AVM of the superior mesenteric artery, superior mesenteric vein and inferior mesentric vein](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/avm-of-the-superior-mesenteric-artery-superior-mesenteric-vein-and-inferior-mesentric-vein/25710)
**Author:** [@Shaun1](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Shaun1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/avm-of-the-superior-mesenteric-artery-superior-mesenteric-vein-and-inferior-mesentric-vein/25710 "2022-10-05T17:11:34Z")
Hi All from sunny South Africa Have any of you been diagnosed with the above? Docs here don’t seem to know much about it :roll\_eyes: --- ## [A very interesting article regarding Thalidomide LInk](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/a-very-interesting-article-regarding-thalidomide-link/11072)
**Author:** [@marylee-jane](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/marylee-jane)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/a-very-interesting-article-regarding-thalidomide-link/11072 "2022-05-04T06:48:58Z")
http://ckj.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/5/354.full --- ## [Intestinal AVM - anyone else?](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/intestinal-avm-anyone-else/26202)
**Author:** [@Em245](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Em245)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/intestinal-avm-anyone-else/26202 "2022-02-06T11:43:50Z")
Hi there, I’ve just joined your community to find out more about Gastric AVMs. I understand that most topics seem to be based on brain or spinal AVMs but wondered if there are others out there with an AVM in their small… --- ## [I was just diagnosed with two non-bleeding AVMs in my intestine...what now?](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/i-was-just-diagnosed-with-two-non-bleeding-avms-in-my-intestine-what-now/26276)
**Author:** [@Cporosus1](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Cporosus1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/i-was-just-diagnosed-with-two-non-bleeding-avms-in-my-intestine-what-now/26276 "2021-11-07T21:18:21Z")
I had a perianal abscess 7 years ago but no further issues. However, I have had mild gastrointestinal problems (gas, occasional diarrhea, excessive wiping) for over a decade. I have had extensive investigations for Crohn… --- ## [Gastro AVM](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/gastro-avm/6683)
**Author:** [@Leslie\_S](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Leslie_S)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/gastro-avm/6683 "2017-01-18T01:48:44Z")
I had an AVM in my stomach about 3 weeks ago. Lost 6 pts of blood and was very week for about 2 weeks. I am close to feeling "normal" now but I worry about another episode somewhere else. Does anyone have information abo… --- ## [Gastrointestinal AVM](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/gastrointestinal-avm/3439)
**Author:** [@bozzylozzy](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/bozzylozzy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/gastrointestinal-avm/3439 "2012-09-16T21:17:10Z")
Hi, i have recently been told the cause of my rectal bleeding in June. I was in hospital for 5days… when it occurred I was very poorly and nearly passed out from the pain. I had a sigmoidoscopy which found the bleed an… --- ## [Gastric AVMs](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/gastric-avms/1472)
**Author:** [@Sharon\_J](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Sharon_J)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/gastric-avms/1472 "2012-04-05T22:22:06Z")
I was diagnosed with having Gastric AVMs. I am was 66 at the time that they were discovered. I was finding blood in my stool and also had a GI Bleed. \*\*A note on my previous history, I have Factor 5 blood, which is a fo…