Aspirin Increases Internal Bleeding Chances: Study

Daily dose of aspirin can lead to internal bleeding, a latest study by the U.K. researchers reveals.

Aspirin, which is known to lower chances of heart ailments, also has significant side effects, researchers at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick found. Those who take aspirin daily have 37 percent increased chances of internal bleeding and 38 percent of hemorrhaging, The Telegraph reported.

"Too many healthy people think that aspirin will prevent heart attacks and cancer," said Dr. Peter Sandercock of the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, according to Reuters. Sandercock wasn't part of the study.

The researchers examined the data of 27 studies conducted between 2008 and 2012. "There is a plethora of evidence in this area but nobody has drawn together the advantages and disadvantages of aspirin in a systematic way," Paul Sutcliffe of Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick in England, told Reuters.

The results showed that a daily dose of aspirin prevented 33 to 46 deaths per 10,000 people during a ten-year period. But, it also had severe side effects. The study found that daily aspirin intake was linked to 46 to 49 bleeding events along with nearly 117 gastrointestinal bleeds, Medical Daily reported.

The researchers said that people need to be aware of the side effect of aspirin but should not stop consuming it without consulting their doctors.

However, some researchers say that this is just any other study without proper results. "The study is just another meta-analysis of published overall trial results and contains no new data," said Dr. Peter Rothwell, a clinical neurologist at the University of Oxford in England, according to Reuters. Rothwell wasn't part of this study.

The study is published in the journal PLOS One.