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Food poisoning blood in stool
A 23-year-old female asked:

Dr. Katharine Coxanswered
Pediatric Emergency Medicine 47 years experience
Various colors: Make sure by doing a hemocult test. It depends where the blood originates, what the color is. if you are hemocult positive, you may need a colonoscopy... Read More
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Dr. Rebecca Gliksmananswered
Internal Medicine 40 years experience
Red in stool: Red pieces in stool can be tomato. Blood look like it does when you scarp your self or makes the bowel red. i don't think you could peel it off. But t... Read More
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2.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:

Dr. Myron Arlenanswered
Surgical Oncology 66 years experience
That's food: Blood appears as bright red or black. The latter is transformed blood high up in GI tract that has reached the distal bowel. Bright red blood is fro... Read More
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3.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 36-year-old female asked:

Dr. Charles Milleranswered
Orthopedic Surgery 45 years experience
Probably food: If you want to determine if red stuff in your stool is blood or food, when you use toilet paper to clean yourself, blood will stain the paper red, whi... Read More
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5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. Shelby Terstriepanswered
Internal Medicine 22 years experience
See doc: From your symptoms i would recommend seeing a physician. If you are bleeding tests will need to be done to determine where it is coming from and what ... Read More
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6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 20-year-old male asked:

Dr. Lonna Larshanswered
Family Medicine 32 years experience
See a doctor: Blood in your stool is never normal and should not be overlooked. You need to go get checked out by a doctor.
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4.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:

Dr. Al Hegabanswered
Allergy and Immunology 42 years experience
Several reasons: starting from the anus and rectum, all the way up to your mouth. Nature of blood: is it fresh, blood clots, dark stools, or black tarry stools? other ... Read More
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728 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 18-year-old male asked:

Dr. Hushang Haghighatanswered
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You need to refer to gastroenterology to be evaluated and may have colonoscopy to find the cause so be treated.
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608 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:

Dr. Robert Killiananswered
General Practice 30 years experience
Not True: Most ulcers are caused by an infection with h. Pylori. Any physician who hears your history and does not test you for h. Pylori needs to be fired.
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4.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 37-year-old female asked:

Dr. Nayana Trivedianswered
Internal Medicine 41 years experience
Colonoscopy and EGD: Bright red Blood in stool could be from Hemorrhoids or Diverticulosis . Confirmed by Direct exam like Flex Sig, or Colonoscopy.
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3.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Chris Ohanswered
Internal Medicine 23 years experience
See doc: It could be hemrrhoids but also could be something serious like colon cancer. See your doc for rectal exam, blood test and possibly colonoscopy.
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6.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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