Have Abdominal Bruising. Suffer Watery Diarrhea. What Should I Do?

Posted on Fri, 4 Oct 2013

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Question : abdominal bruising....acute....must left of navel. Watery diarrhea as well

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (11 days later)

Brief Answer:
Detailed below.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Can you please send a photo of this bruising?
3 months lasting diarrhea is a chronic one . In such case proper diagnostics is necessary. It can be caused by bacterial infection, hyperthyroidism, inflammatory bowels disease (Crohns disease). Bruising is a symptom of blood coagulation issue. This can be due to many reasons including liver disease, spleen enlargement, lymphoma, leukemia, low platelets count.

I suggest you to visit your doctor as soon as possible. Blood work, liver tests, pancreas tests, urine analysis and stool tests should be done at first. Colonoscopy should be next.

Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar