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What Causes Blood In Stool?
Question: My friend is seeing what he thinks may be blood from his stools. The stool itself is not red but in the toilet it appears like blood leaching from the stool?
Brief Answer:
As discussed in details below.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query about your friend.
To recapitulate: Male/57 - blood leaching out from stool in toilet - stool itself is not red - No visit to a Doctor - no medications ...
We can say that the blood is in streaks on the stool.
The commonest causes with explanation are:
- Hemorrhoids also called as piles can lead to blood in streaks on stool, usually painless unless complicated by thrombosis or prolapse.
- Fissure in ano - always painful passage of stool with blood on stool.
- Polyp/Mass can also give similar things although rare.
The best way to get the proper diagnosis is as follows:
Per-rectal digital examination and ano-proctoscopy, preferably by a General Surgeon is the only sure way to get the correct diagnosis and thus to get a plan of management.
I hope this answers your query.
Please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
As discussed in details below.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query about your friend.
To recapitulate: Male/57 - blood leaching out from stool in toilet - stool itself is not red - No visit to a Doctor - no medications ...
We can say that the blood is in streaks on the stool.
The commonest causes with explanation are:
- Hemorrhoids also called as piles can lead to blood in streaks on stool, usually painless unless complicated by thrombosis or prolapse.
- Fissure in ano - always painful passage of stool with blood on stool.
- Polyp/Mass can also give similar things although rare.
The best way to get the proper diagnosis is as follows:
Per-rectal digital examination and ano-proctoscopy, preferably by a General Surgeon is the only sure way to get the correct diagnosis and thus to get a plan of management.
I hope this answers your query.
Please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
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