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Occasionally i get crippling abdominal pain that lasts for 1-5 minutes. it feels to be above my uterus. what follows is bright red blood in stool.ibs?

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Dr. Wayne Wolf answered

IBS does not bleed: Irritable bowel syndrome is basically just spasms of the intestine. When there's blood involved there's likely another etiology. Would recommend seeing your physician to consider a colonoscopy to determine the source of blood.

Dr Berg agreed

Answered 4/17/2015

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A member asked:

Occasionally i get crippling abdominal pain that lasts for 1-5 minutes. it feels to be above my uterus. what follows is bright red blood in stool.ibs?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Wayne Wolf answered

Dr Berg agreed

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