What is the cause of blood clots in stool?

There are many symptoms that people often experience when defecating, such as bleeding in the stool or blood clots, which are serious problems. Therefore, people should pay attention to it. However, some people have dry stools due to diet, so they need to change their diet structure. So what is the cause of blood clots in the stool?

1. Ulcerative colitis: bleeding mixed with mucus or bloody stools, accompanied by abdominal pain, fever, frequent bowel movements, etc.

2. Anal fissure: Anal fissure causes blood in the stool. The blood is bright red and drips out or there are blood stains after wiping with toilet paper. There will also be severe anal pain after defecation.

3. Rectal and colon polyps: bright red blood, painless, blood does not mix with stool.

4. Bacterial dysentery: The amount of blood in the stool is small, often mixed with feces, and appears as pus and blood or pus and blood mucus stool, bright red in color, frequent bowel movements, a feeling of tenesmus and tenderness in the left lower abdomen, accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

5. Rectal cancer: The blood is bright red or dark red, in the form of drops and attached to the surface of the stool; in the late stage, there is often blood and pus in the stool accompanied by symptoms such as anorectal prolapse, weight loss, and changes in bowel habits.

6. Hemorrhoids: Blood in the stool usually occurs during or after defecation, in the form of drops or sprays, the blood is bright red, and the blood does not mix with the stool.

In short, feces are our excrement. If our feces are abnormal, it often means that there is a problem with our health, so everyone must pay attention to it. Some friends may have blood clots when defecating. The appearance of this symptom is very scary, so you still need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.