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I recently had a bowel movement with a significant amount of bright red blood in my stool. the water in the toilet was also red. should i be worried?

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Dr. Michael Finkelstein answered

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Blood: the blood could be from a hemorrhoid or a Fisher in a No but again if it persists it would be advisable to have a doctor do a sigmoid for colonoscopy to assess if there's any problems with in the colon

Answered 2/16/2016

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A member asked:

I recently had a bowel movement with a significant amount of bright red blood in my stool. the water in the toilet was also red. should i be worried?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Michael Finkelstein answered

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