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A member asked:

My stools are somtimes covered with a white/gray colored muscus with the present of small specs of blood. what could this be?

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Stools: See your physician this requires further evaluation. Proctitis colitis and yes cancers can be the cause for these changes.

Dr Walsh agreed

Answered 1/5/2013

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Started as little specs of blood on tissue paper now weeks have gone by and I have a lot of blood on paper n a pea size of blood attached to stool.

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Had a clean colonoscopy in May. Have seen a random tiny tiny spec of blood like a dot on my stool - can hemorrhoids just leave just a tiny spec of blood on stool? Is there any reason to question colonoscopy can something be missed? Thank you?

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Had a bowl movement, wiped and it was kinda darkish or gray streak of blood or something. Looked at stool and could see it half solid and the rest looked like specks or undigested food. Had squid the day before. No pain or anything?

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Baby is 6 weeks old and was started on nutramigen due to blood in stool secondary to suspected milk protein allergy since one week. There is still some blood and mucus at times. The poop is also grey once and baby also lost few ounces. Help?

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I am just 23. I am getting lot of blood around my stool. Even I can say my stool looks like small balls and are half cover with blood. No pain nothing. Even tissues and cells are coming out, also small white balls and pus. Should I go to ER?

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