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During bowel movements blood comes out not all the time and not consipated all the time either?
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Get a colonoscopy: Blood means irritation - at the anus or in the colon itself. At age 56, colon cancer is a possible cause of bleeding and only a colonoscopy will eliminate it as a possibility.
Answered 10/26/2013
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