Hard bloody stools

As we all know, we excrete unabsorbable or useless waste from our bodies through defecation every day. Although defecation seems to be a way of excreting feces, we can also judge our physical health by the shape and state of our feces. The situation of hard and bloody stools makes many people mistakenly believe that they have a serious illness. In fact, this situation is very common.

Blood in the stool is a special symptom of bleeding in the lower digestive tract, colon, rectum or anus. Bleeding is a reminder from the body that there is an organic lesion in the intestine. It must be taken very seriously, diagnosed promptly and treated as soon as possible. The following diseases should be considered when blood is present in the stool: (1) anal disease, (2) rectal disease, (3) colon disease, (4) amoebic dysentery: blood in the stool is the main symptom, and the stool is maroon, contains a lot of mucus, and has a foul odor. (5) Hemorrhagic Escherichia coli enteritis.

symptom

1. Dampness and heat: blood comes first and then stool, the blood is bright red, the stool is uncomfortable, the limbs are tired, the abdomen is swollen, the appetite is poor, the mouth is bitter, the urine is short and dark, the tongue is red, the tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is weak and rapid.

2. Deficiency of spleen and stomach: blood comes out after defecation, or blood and stool are mixed, or pure blood is discharged, the blood is dark purple, or the stool is like tar, dull complexion, fatigue, dull pain in the epigastric region, poor appetite, loose stools, cold body and limbs, bland mouth without thirst, pale tongue, moist white tongue coating, and thready and weak pulse.

3. Liver Yin deficiency: blood in the stool, accompanied by dizziness, red cheekbones, fever in the five parts of the body, restless sleep, bone steaming and night sweats, loss of semen in dreams, sore waist and limbs, weight loss, red tongue, and thin and rapid pulse.

4. Hemorrhoids with bloody stools: bright red blood in the stools, unbearable anal pain, or swelling with hemorrhoids, or accompanied by anal fissures, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid and stringy pulse.

Common causes

Many people have encountered the problem of bloody stools. There are many causes of bloody stools. Most anorectal diseases can cause bloody stools, and digestive tract diseases can also cause bloody stools.

hemorrhoid

Hemorrhoids are one of the common causes of bloody stools, and internal hemorrhoids are the most common cause of bloody stools. Blood in the stool caused by internal hemorrhoids is generally not painful. Severe anal pain will only occur when the hemorrhoids protrude outside the anus. The blood in the stool is bright red and mostly appears after defecation. If you exert too much force during defecation, you may damage the mucosa in the cecum, increase the pressure in the blood vessels, and cause the patient to experience spurting bleeding.

Anal fissure

Different from the bloody stool caused by hemorrhoids, in addition to blood in the stool, the main feature of bloody stool caused by anal fissure is severe pain around the anus, especially during defecation, which is extremely painful. This severe pain usually lasts for several minutes before it subsides, but that’s not the end. If the sphincter spasms after defecation, this severe pain will occur again and will continue for several hours or even more than ten hours. The main reason is that anal fissures make the skin of the anal canal particularly fragile, and ulcers can easily cause severe pain. During defecation, the hard feces will repeatedly rub the ulcers and fragile skin, causing severe pain.

Various enteritis

Due to the inflammation, the integrity of the intestinal mucosa is destroyed, and the stool is mixed with dark purple blood and secretions, accompanied by symptoms unique to various types of enteritis.

Other causes

Experts remind that in addition to the two common causes mentioned above, there are many complex factors that can cause blood in the stool. Therefore, when blood in the stool occurs, the best way is to go to the hospital for treatment, let the doctor check and diagnose, and prescribe the right medicine, so as to get rid of the trouble of blood in the stool as soon as possible.