What does it mean when a person is puking up blood and can't hold their food down?

It means they need to get to the hospital.

@dverhey beat me to it. And fast!

I’m no doctor, but I would say it means the person needs to seek medical attention – now.

You don’t truly mean to say you have a friend that gives up blood and you find time to sit down and register to fluther to ask this question? Stop fluthering (for now!) and get moving.

ER, immediately. Spitting up, coughing up…any form of blood coming up…never a good thing.

Use common sense, take the friend to the ER.

Welcome to Fluther by the way. Now get them to the hospital!

Repeat after me:
NINE – ONE – ONE.

Swine Flu?
Uhm the hospital…

Oh and Fluther helps sometimes when in need of advice about going to the hospital or not

I feel accomplished for having no life, lurking on fluther, and typing fast…

@dverhey I know. I was having the same sense of accomplishment but there’s always a better loser out there that types faster ;-)

That’s me!

That sounds worrisome—tell your friend to call her doctor (lucky it’s not the weekend) and I would guess they will want to see her asap.

It means you should get the fuck off the computer and drive that poor bastard to the doctor, STAT.

It is bad! Urgent specialist medical attention is required.

What always amazes me is that people worry about wether or not something like this is serious enough to go the ER. It is!

Sounds like near death

Good luck to your friend. Please keep us posted!