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A 18-year-old male asked:

I ate about 12 oz home made ketchup consists of tomato paste in the last 24 hours. tonight my stool was significantly red but not blood, i hope/think?

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Dr. Philip Schwarzmananswered

Emergency Medicine 47 years experience

Red stool: Shalom,given what you ate, there is no question that it is the tomatoes and NPOT blood. Beets can also do this to your stool.

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A 28-year-old male asked:

28yo male. Can't tell if blood or sauce in stool? Some dark red (sauce colored) spots on stool. Ate a lot of pizza and Stromboli this past weekend but also had pizza and tomatoes throughout the week. No red on toilet paper or in toilet bowl water.

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A 29-year-old female asked:

2 small orangey light red spots in stool (not fresh). Had some ketchup and tomatoes yesterday. Stomach gassy today. Strained a Little bit just this time to let the poop out. Have a very small exterior hemorrhoids. Any thoughts about it?

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A 28-year-old female asked:

Black specks in stool ( for 2 years?). Sometimes red/pink chunks (looks like tomatoes). Are these likely blood? Very rarely blood on toilet paper, too

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A 39-year-old female asked about a male:

Sometimes it looks like my son has bright red blood in his stool. He eats tomato and red pepper every day. Can I assume it's from that? Anus is fine

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A 23-year-old female asked:

Small red pieces in stool that can be picked out but will dissolve after rubbing them with qtip. I eat tomatoes a lot. Food or blood?

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