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A member asked:

Blood mixed with light coloured stool. string stuff and mucus. does fresh blood come from higher than the sigmoid colon?

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Blood in stool: must be evaluated with formal anoscopy and colonoscopy. Ehat you describe "sounds" like IBS or colitis- examination is necessary to diagnose.

Dr Munshower agreed

Answered 11/28/2014

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