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History of ibs (not ibd), diarrhea and constip both worse last 2 month. yesterday loose bloody stool, today very dark diarrhea, now brbpr w/o stool. pots symptoms worse. last cscopy in dec was clear. advice?
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Urgent attention: You must see a doctor urgently, this is serious. Please go to the emergency department today.
Answered 4/22/2014
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Bloody stool: One will have to rule out infection ie bacterial or ova and parasites so stool samples will be needed. If there is no infection then one will have to do another colonscopy to check inflammatory bowel disease. If nothing is found, i would at least start strong probiotic 80 billion per day. You need to to do food diary to see which food allergies you do have because it is very likely that you d.
Answered 4/23/2014
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