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What Does Red Bits Of Fleshy Tissue In Stool Mean?
Posted on
Thu, 16 Aug 2012
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Thu, 16 Aug 2012
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Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Question : Pinkish/Red bits of fleshy looking tissue in stool? What is this related to?
Hi XXXXXX,
Welcome to healthcare magic!
With a h/o diverticulitis in the past and pain abdomen at present suggests that the red looking fleshy bits are blood clots unless proven otherwise.
If you have eaten something of vegetable/fruit origin like red watermelon, beets, tomato salad, they can give the stool a colored appearance.
If they are brownish grey thread like product they can be bits of intestinal parasites.
In any case get a stool examination done and also get serial hemoglobin level to detect if there is a drop in Hb levels.
I hope this advise would be helpful for you.
Still if you have any queries or doubts, please write me back,
I would be happy to solve them.
Wish you a great health!
Welcome to healthcare magic!
With a h/o diverticulitis in the past and pain abdomen at present suggests that the red looking fleshy bits are blood clots unless proven otherwise.
If you have eaten something of vegetable/fruit origin like red watermelon, beets, tomato salad, they can give the stool a colored appearance.
If they are brownish grey thread like product they can be bits of intestinal parasites.
In any case get a stool examination done and also get serial hemoglobin level to detect if there is a drop in Hb levels.
I hope this advise would be helpful for you.
Still if you have any queries or doubts, please write me back,
I would be happy to solve them.
Wish you a great health!
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