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I went bathroom twice today first time i didnt see anything, second time i went i noticed red specks in my stool. i recently drank a lot of cranberry juice and had tomato sauce yesterday. could this be hemrrhoids or false alarm?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Specks in stool : Constipated? Sit a lot ?history of pregnancy? May be hemorrhoids , or if ate tomatoes may be specks of skin ( I have seen that) . if have associated pain / mucus discharge may be related to inflammatory bowel but that is usually not a one time event but a persistent event. Follow up with MD https://www.asge.org/home/for-patients/patient-information/understanding-minor-rectal-bleeding

Answered 4/22/2021

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