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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on dealing with blood in stool.

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Dr. Jan Lei Iwata answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Blood: Blood in the stool can be treated once the source is found.

Answered 9/27/2014

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Ignore: Blood in stool is not a joke. It can come from the stomach to anus. Needs serious direct examination.

Answered 12/16/2015

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Ignore: Red blood on paper with pain often benign. Dark blood in or on stool cause for alarm.

Answered 10/18/2014

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