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Should I Be Worried About My Gelatinous And Reddish Blobs In My Stool?
I recently started using psyllium husks and my stools are a bit gelatinous, i also am juice cleansing and noticed jelly like blobs tinged pink and some reddish throughout my whole stool lessening over a few days so i stopped having beetroot juice and strawberry . It s been 3 days and there was a few still there i am seriously scared this is cancer
Sat, 17 May 2014
Hi dear,I have thoroughly read your query and deeply understand your concerns.
The cause of reddish stools (blood?) has to be evaluated.I were to do a stool analysis check for the presence of blood in stools and evaluate further.Only if the stool results are positive I were to do a colonoscopy.
Beetroot and strawberry are less likely to produce frank red stools.This may not be due to cancer.Donot panic.Hope this answers your query.
The cause of reddish stools (blood?) has to be evaluated.I were to do a stool analysis check for the presence of blood in stools and evaluate further.Only if the stool results are positive I were to do a colonoscopy.
Beetroot and strawberry are less likely to produce frank red stools.This may not be due to cancer.Donot panic.Hope this answers your query.
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