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Suggest Cause For Constipation With Blood In Stools In The Elderly

Never had anything like this before felt like gas during the nite like constipation. Had the urge thru out the day some bowel movement not much though. Just went again in the last half hour and saw red tinge and a small clot on tissue I am 70 years old always been health and go annually for wellness visit . What could cause this
Mon, 11 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

The over all given symptoms could be due to dyspepsia and could be associated with acid peptic disease , first thing is to change the diet, have more alkali diet, vegetable diet, increase water intake, and in medicine you can try Omeprazole with Domperidone once in day, avoid taking heavy meal, coffee, smoking, alcohol prior to bed.

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Suggest Cause For Constipation With Blood In Stools In The Elderly

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. The over all given symptoms could be due to dyspepsia and could be associated with acid peptic disease , first thing is to change the diet, have more alkali diet, vegetable diet, increase water intake, and in medicine you can try Omeprazole with Domperidone once in day, avoid taking heavy meal, coffee, smoking, alcohol prior to bed. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.