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What Causes Severe Lower Abdominal Pain?

I woke up early and had extreme lower abdomen pain, went to the washroom... Then back to sleep then woke up still with abdominal pain and went to the washroom again this time there was bright red blood in the bowl and on the tissue... Been having stomach pain all day, just used the washroom again and There was bright red blood again... This has happened 2 other occasions over the past 3 years but there was no pain and it didn t repeat again throughout the day.. Blood is coming from the anus but has never caused me this abdominal pain. I also have diarrhoea so the blood is not streaked in the stool. It s full out in the water and not just a couple drops.
Thu, 4 Jul 2019
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Hi,

It would be best to be seen. Blood that occurs with diarrhea can mean a bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract which may sometimes require antibiotics.

There are also other causes of blood with bowel movements such as:

(1) inflammatory bowel disease (crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)
(2) a side effect of medication eg meds for to prevent clotting
(3) the benign (not cancerous ) lesion in the colon
(4) hemorrhoids
(5) malignant lesion of the colon

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Michelle Gibson James, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Severe Lower Abdominal Pain?

Hi, It would be best to be seen. Blood that occurs with diarrhea can mean a bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract which may sometimes require antibiotics. There are also other causes of blood with bowel movements such as: (1) inflammatory bowel disease (crohn s disease or ulcerative colitis) (2) a side effect of medication eg meds for to prevent clotting (3) the benign (not cancerous ) lesion in the colon (4) hemorrhoids (5) malignant lesion of the colon Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Michelle Gibson James, General & Family Physician