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Ayiangoullis: 5 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 3:12AM on 12/8/2012

A few days ago I started seeing blood in stool. There is blood every time the last 2-3 days? What does this mean?

I have done blood and urine tests today. I don't know if any problem can be seen there:/

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chouetteraccoon: 5 months ago via iPhone

Lots of different things can cause blood in stool. It's a serious symptom and not to be taken lightly. The doctor has to think like a detective to find the one thing causing it.
The doctor does blood and urine tests first to check for various signs in liver, blood, kidneys, etc., that could gives clues to the actual cause of this blood in your stool. Once they get those results, and rule out some things, he will do other tests and examinations to figure out the exact cause, so that he will know which treatment he should give you.
You may (or may not) be getting a colonoscopy exam, or an upper digestive tract exam, or other tests, depending on what your current blood/urine test results suggest. Just keep in touch with your doctor and follow through on what is causing this blood.

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Bubblious: 5 months ago via iPhone

Very informative

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chouetteraccoon: 5 months ago via iPhone

I try. : )
It helps if it also happened to a family member (all is well). You learn a lot the scary way.

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amilia: 5 months ago

you are likely to have files complaint.
see your doc asap

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rshackleford: 5 months ago via iPhone

Hemarhoid

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Crawf: 5 months ago via iPhone

Red blood or black?

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Ayiangoullis: 5 months ago via iPhone

Red of course! Are you kidding me?

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chouetteraccoon: 5 months ago via iPhone

No, it's not a joke.
Black tarry blood in stool is generally a sign it's coming from higher in the digestive tract, so the blood had time to darken and thicken (clotting) before released in stool. This happens with bleeding ulcers, among other things.
Bright red blood in stool is usually from near the end of the intestines (fresher, redder) and is sometimes caused by polyps in the colon or hemmerhoids, etc.
So the color of the blood in the stool is one small clue among many many clues that are needed to figure out what's going on inside you.

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Crawf: 5 months ago via iPhone

Bingo

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harryoz: 5 months ago

Small cuts, tears and scratches to the anal passage and anal sphincter (a..hole) are quite common.
There is a large vein near the duodenum, (last part before poo comes out) that can be knicked by a large or hard stool (turd) and then take days to not bleed again next stool.
Haemorrhoids are when lil piece of the sphincter comes loose, piles I don't know.. main thing is there are quite a lot of ordinary reasons (including anal sex) but you do want it checked in case its some sort of cancer that needs stopping.

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cookieroma: 5 months ago via iPhone

It certainly means you should be checked out medically.

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Ornithokropulon: 5 months ago

In the best case, red might be hemorrhoids, black might be an ulcer. In the worst case, it might be cancer, crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel syndrome and other nasty stuff. These other illnesses will also give you other symptoms in addition to bleeding. Talk to a doctor about it.

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