A 48-year-old member asked:

Had red stool this morning after eating spaghetti with tomatoes paste, normal?

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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered

Psychiatry 27 years experience

Tomato Paste: can cause red stools.

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Dr. Alan Alianswered

Psychiatry 34 years experience

Red stool: It is probably what you are, if no other symptoms such as discomfort or changes in bowel habit, etc.

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A 21-year-old female asked:

So I went to toilet and my stool color is normal but mixed in I saw some red things. Like I tried moving it and it floated down.Yesterday I ate a sandwich that had tomato so could it be the skin of that. How do I know its blood or undigested food?

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My boyfriend gets blood in his stool after eating tomato based foods such as spaghetti sauce or tomato soup. Is there anything that can be done?

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I've been eating alot of red food pepporoni,tom juice tomatoes chili and little specs of red on my stool Worry its cancer 41 no fam history?

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A 23-year-old female asked:

Is blood in stool solid? I've been eating things w/ tomatoes in it a lot and now have red pieces in my stool that are chunks you can remove frm stool

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A 35-year-old male asked:

35 year old male here. I recently had stools with red solid pieces in the stool. Could this be blood? I had just had ate an apple and had spaghetti the night before. I suffer from hypercondria and anxiety?

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