What is constipation with blood?

If there is blood in constipation, it is generally caused by gastrointestinal bleeding. There are many causes, such as anorectal disease, internal hemorrhoids, and anal fissures. If anal polyps appear, it will cause friction during defecation, which will also cause this phenomenon. In addition, rectal diseases and some gastrointestinal diseases may cause symptoms of constipation with blood. At this time, you should go to the hospital for a good examination.

What is constipation with blood?

1. Small intestinal bleeding, such as intestinal tuberculosis, localized enteritis, acute hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis, intussusception, small intestinal tumors, etc. 2. Colon bleeding, such as dysentery, ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, colon cancer, etc. 3. Rectal bleeding, such as rectal damage, hemorrhoids, anal fissure, rectal cancer, etc. 4. Other diseases, such as various blood diseases, hemorrhagic fever, typhoid and paratyphoid, hookworm disease, vitamin deficiency, etc.

Common diseases

(I) Anal diseases 1. Anal fissure: Anal fissures can cause blood in the stool due to friction with feces during defecation. The amount of blood in the stool is not much and is generally bright red in color. It does not mix with feces and is accompanied by severe pain that lasts for a long time after defecation. 2. Hemorrhoids: In the early stages of hemorrhoids, there is usually painless blood in the stool. The blood in the stool is bright red, not in large amounts, and is mixed with feces. It usually appears on toilet paper after defecation and is distributed in droplets. It is caused by repeated friction of feces. In the middle and late stages of hemorrhoids, tumors will prolapse, hemorrhoids will become edematous and inflamed, and severe pain will occur. 3. Anal polyps: The friction of feces during defecation causes damage to the epidermal tissue of the polyps. It is usually painless and bloody in the stool. The amount of blood in the stool is not large and is bright red in color. It is not mixed with feces. At the same time, the polyps may fall out. [1]

(ii) Rectal disease : In the early stage of rectal cancer, there is no sign of bleeding, only a slight feeling of heaviness. If it is allowed to develop, in the middle and late stages, there will be an increase in the frequency of bowel movements, and there will be bleeding during bowel movements. The amount of bleeding is not much, and the color is dark red. In the late stage, the amount of blood in the stool will increase, accompanied by mucus exudation, emitting a foul odor. (III) Digestive tract diseases: Due to problems in life, such as diet, defecation, etc., eating spicy and other irritating foods frequently can easily irritate the digestive tract and cause bleeding in the digestive tract. Bleeding from digestive tract diseases is usually tarry and dark brown in color and the amount of bleeding is not much.

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