Red blood in stool

The feces of normal people are all feces yellow and basically contain no impurities. However, if there is blood in the stool, you should consider whether you are getting inflamed, and you should pay special attention to your diet at this time. Do not eat spicy food, otherwise the symptoms will become more severe. Eating some heat-clearing and detoxifying foods may help reduce fever. It may also be due to hemorrhoids. Mild hemorrhoids do not require surgery, but severe ones may require a minor surgery.

It is most likely caused by hemorrhoids or anal fissures, which are mostly related to bad living and eating habits and constipation. For your current situation, you can use potassium permanganate solution for sitz bath, apply hemorrhoid ointment for treatment, and take Sophora japonica pills and other medications for treatment. You should lead a regular life, eat a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, avoid greasy, spicy and irritating foods, and avoid stimulation from tobacco and alcohol.

Hemorrhoidal bleeding is mainly internal hemorrhoids bleeding in the stool. Blood in the stool usually occurs during or after defecation, and is in the form of drops or spurts. The blood is bright red and does not mix with feces. It is occasionally accompanied by prolapse of a tumor. If hemorrhoids cause blood in the stool for a long time, the patient may become pale, weak, dizzy, have a decreased memory, or even have blurred vision and tinnitus. Standing suddenly after sitting or squatting for a long time may lead to collapse or fainting. The possibility of other anorectal diseases such as anal fissure and enteritis is not ruled out. For the treatment of hemorrhoids, some oral and topical medications can control the condition. Severe cases can be treated with surgery, including ligation, rubber band ligation, hemorrhoidectomy, etc. However, whether it is hemorrhoids or not needs to be determined based on further examination results.

There are more than a dozen diseases that can cause blood in the stool, but the most common ones are only the following:

1. Hemorrhoids with blood in the stool: The blood in the stool occurs during or after defecation. The blood is bright red and does not mix with the feces.

2. Anal fissure and blood in stool: The blood is bright red and can be seen when dripping or wiping with toilet paper. Fresh anal fissures will cause severe anal pain after defecation.

3. Blood in stool due to gastrointestinal diseases: The stool is tarry or black-red, and the bleeding site is mostly in the upper gastrointestinal tract. If the blood is pure red, it is mostly bleeding due to lower gastrointestinal diseases.

4. Rectal cancer and blood in the stool: The blood in the stool is bright red and is attached to the surface of the stool in drops; in the late stage, it is accompanied by anorectal prolapse and general weight loss, increased frequency of bowel movements, and alternating constipation and diarrhea.

5. Rectal blood in stool and colon polyps: The blood is bright red, painless, and does not mix with stool. Ulcerative colitis and dysentery often have stools mixed with mucus or blood and pus, and are accompanied by symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, fever, and frequent bowel movements.

6. Bloody stools due to systemic diseases: such as leukemia, hemophilia, uremia and some rare infectious diseases, there will be bleeding in other parts of the body at the same time as bloody stools.