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Can Holding Bowel Movement Cause Bleeding In Stool?
My husband has this bad habit of usually holding his bowel movements until we get home because he doesn t feel comfortable having a bowel movement at work. Last night, he told me there was blood in his stool (not a lot nor little). Can holding your bowl movement cause bleeding in the stool?
Mon, 4 Jan 2016
Hi,
Holding of stool does not give passing blood in stool.
If stool is very hard and there is friction with rectum, might cause bleeding.
Possibility of having hemorrhoids should be ruled out.
If he is elderly then ultra sound of abdomen is advisable to rule out any space occupying lesion in colon.
Consult gastro-enterologist and get examined.
Ok and take care.
Holding of stool does not give passing blood in stool.
If stool is very hard and there is friction with rectum, might cause bleeding.
Possibility of having hemorrhoids should be ruled out.
If he is elderly then ultra sound of abdomen is advisable to rule out any space occupying lesion in colon.
Consult gastro-enterologist and get examined.
Ok and take care.
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