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What Causes Blood In Stool While Having Swollen Small Intestine?
went to the ER two weeks ago with stomach pains and lower back pain they did a CT and found my small intestine swoellen and i'm still have lower right stomach pain and blood when i wipe last night went to bathroom soft stool and found blood on my tissue not a lot but it took about 4 wipes before i didnt see anymore blood
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
Hello,
It indicates underlying inflammatory bowel condition, which requires
- GI antibiotics (oral or intravenous as per clinical evaluation)
- Probiotics
- Correction of fluid electrolyte imbalance and hemoglobin levels if any.
- Later on according to the progress in-depth evaluation with colonoscopy to locate the issue may be required or not.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel
It indicates underlying inflammatory bowel condition, which requires
- GI antibiotics (oral or intravenous as per clinical evaluation)
- Probiotics
- Correction of fluid electrolyte imbalance and hemoglobin levels if any.
- Later on according to the progress in-depth evaluation with colonoscopy to locate the issue may be required or not.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel
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