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Bright red bleeding like from a fresh cut when having bm for a few weeks.dr saw fissure. still need sigmoidoscopy? bleeding resolved after nifedipine.
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Yes: Just because you have a fissure does not mean that there cannot be a polyp or tumor in the rectum or sigmoid colon. Your doctor is doing the right thing by checking. Hope that helps!
Answered 5/31/2017
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