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What Causes Blood To Appear From Anus?
my 7 year old son has had blood after having a bm in the toilet lately. it is bright red and even "dripped" after he got up from toilet. there are drops of blood in the water too. the bowel is regular brown colored. I looked to see if I could see anything, but could not. what could this be?
Tue, 22 Apr 2014
Hello,
Painful passage of hard stool associated with the passage of fresh blood could be due to an anal fissure due to constipation. Painless bleeding when passing stool means he is bleeding from the lower intestine. Causes such as Merkel's diverticulitis or intestinal polyp can be identified only after colonoscopy or specific investigations. Please consider this to be a medical emergency and consult a gastroenterologist immediately.
Regards
Dr. Sudharsana.
Painful passage of hard stool associated with the passage of fresh blood could be due to an anal fissure due to constipation. Painless bleeding when passing stool means he is bleeding from the lower intestine. Causes such as Merkel's diverticulitis or intestinal polyp can be identified only after colonoscopy or specific investigations. Please consider this to be a medical emergency and consult a gastroenterologist immediately.
Regards
Dr. Sudharsana.
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