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Can Dark Red Blood In Stool Be Due To Having Renal Stent Inserted In Main Artery Of Kidney?

Hi. Is it normal to have blood present in your stool after having an angiogram? They found that my mother has a leaking mitral valve, which is being treated with medication. The other procedure was having a renal stent inserted into the main artery to the kidney. The angiogram was done 6 days ago & the stent 4 days ago. Tonight she has found dark red blood in her stool. Is this normal?
Fri, 18 Sep 2015
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Hi, welcome to HCM.
Looking to your mother's history, I as a nephrologist can understand your concern.
Stenting in artery require medication that prevent clotting of blood.
These medications are most commonly antiplatelete or sometime anticoagulant also.
With these medications, blood in the stool is common and everyone should look for it specifically when these medicines are on.
Don't get worried. Take your cardiologist's opinion.
Get consultation with surgical gastroenterologist to rule out local pathology-piles.
Check BP basic urine report, CBC and S. creatinine.
You can communicate with me further with reports.
I think this would be helpful to you.
Best wishes. TC.
Dr Jay Patel.
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Can Dark Red Blood In Stool Be Due To Having Renal Stent Inserted In Main Artery Of Kidney?

Hi, welcome to HCM. Looking to your mother s history, I as a nephrologist can understand your concern. Stenting in artery require medication that prevent clotting of blood. These medications are most commonly antiplatelete or sometime anticoagulant also. With these medications, blood in the stool is common and everyone should look for it specifically when these medicines are on. Don t get worried. Take your cardiologist s opinion. Get consultation with surgical gastroenterologist to rule out local pathology-piles. Check BP basic urine report, CBC and S. creatinine. You can communicate with me further with reports. I think this would be helpful to you. Best wishes. TC. Dr Jay Patel.