Sounds like the movie Boyhood

I’ve seen some esophageal varices as a medic and let me tell you those guys are bleeders. Feel bad for people not knowing the situation, it honestly would look like he had something contagious so I can understand the freaking out. People barely survive this with care immediately available in a hospital so he really had no hope once it ruptured.

The word you’re looking for is esophageal varices

You sound like the type that would say “if you’re innocent, then you got nothing to hide” when talking to the police