A 23-year-old female asked:
could you pick blood out of stool/would it be little pieces or would you think that's food? i eat tomatoes a lot. what would blood in stool look like
2 doctor answers
Dr. Katharine Cox answered
44 years experience Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Various colors: Make sure by doing a hemocult test. It depends where the blood originates, what the color is. if you are hemocult positive, you may need a colonoscopy. Hopefully it is just your diet. All the best
Answered on Jun 22, 2018
Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered
37 years experience Internal Medicine
Red in stool: Red pieces in stool can be tomato. Blood look like it does when you scarp your self or makes the bowel red. i don't think you could peel it off. But though you are young would still get it checked out w/ doc/urgent care.
Answered on Jan 9, 2016
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
Related questions:
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Juchau answered
32 years experience Family Medicine
Red in Stool: most likely pieces of tomato. If you are really concerned lab test can determine if this is blood. Simple test done in most doctors offices.
1
1 thank
A member asked:
Dr. Theresa Henderson answered
40 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
Food in stool: Boyfriend is likely seeing red from the tomato sauce and tomato bits that are in the stool. If it occurs when he is not having spaghetti sauce and to ... Read More
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
48 years experience Pathology
Could be tomato skin: Tomato skins, even cooked, are usually not digested and may be excreted in the stool. If you have any doubt you may ask your doctor for FIT test that ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 54-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jon Ahrendsen answered
38 years experience Family Medicine
Not likely: Since your reportedly normal scope 2 yrs ago. Probably OK to watch for now and see if same happens again in next couple months. But, it is hard to put ... Read More
1
1 thank
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
Unlimited visits
$10/month