A member asked:

Taking a insurefit fecal occult test can it be false positive with hemmies and do i have to get feces out ofbowel instead of clean catch & use brush?

A doctor has provided 1 answer
Dr. Peter Kurzweil answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

A stick in the bowl: Even a single drop of blood in or on the sample used will give a positive occult blood test. So the best thing to do is to move your bowels and then with the stick supplied, scrape a tiny amount onto the strip test. If there is gross red blood noted or if the stool is black (melanotic), the doc must be told this as well. The history, physical and stool occult test results will lead to next step.

Answered 2/6/2013

5.3k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

Did 2 occult stool blood test. One positive, one negative. How likely cancer?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers