Wow. Never had this happen. Except that time I reacted badly to some lambchops I ate.

There is blood in my poop, i dont know what it could be from... ive had it for months, and its worrying me. What could it be? Should i see a doctor?

Bleeding from the back passage is something that you should always see your doctor about, even if you are convinced it is piles or an anal fissure. The reason you need to be checked is that bleeding from the back passage can be a symptom of bowel (colon or rectum) cancer. If you don’t like the idea of being examined in that area, look at Seeing your doctor about an anal problem.

In general, if the bleeding is bright red and you have anal pain, especially when you pass a stool, it is probably a non-serious condition such as anal fissure or piles – but your doctor needs to make sure.

If the bleeding is dark red, or in clots, or mixed with a lot of slime, or mixed in with the faeces it could be a more serious condition (such as colitis, diverticular disease or cancer of the rectum or colon) that needs prompt treatment. Other symptoms that might be serious are a decreased frequency and/or hardness of faeces, or an increased frequency and/or looseness of faeces.

I have experienced like one or two tiny spots of blood on the toilet paper after wiping for about two months now. I'm really worried and cant bring myself too see the doctor the blood is bright red but I have no other symptoms. I am only 19 and I noticed it stopped for a while when I changed my diet and started taking vitamins and eating more healthily. I have read the section on seeing the doctor and it scared the hell out of me I am female and dont have anal sex. I don't know if there really is a possibility of it being cancer

I am no doctor, but I do know that bright red is good. The blood is coming from the outside of your body. I am guessing you have a sore that you keep causing to bleed each time you wipe. Try wiping a little softer and see if it goes away after a week. If not, you might talk to a doctor.

I am 13, haven't had my period, and there is blood on the toilet paper after bowel movement periodically. It has been happening for about 3 months. What is it?

Hi, I recently had a couple of spots of blood on the toilet paper - I have pain in my right lower abdomen which sometimes feels like a burning pain and other times it feels like someone is squeezing me just in one spot - it does not occur all over. I have also had nausea for about 7 weeks on and off - I have tried to relate it to different foods that I eat, but one day I eat something and it makes me sick the next day I can eat the same thing and not feel nauseas. I am seeing a doctor and I do have some tests booked for next week but if you could shed some light on what you think this could possibly be that would be great - I am getting over the whole nausea thing and am at my wits end as to what this could be.
Your feedback would be much appreciated.

KSaan, sounds like either a tumor or appendicitis. Definately keep that appointment!

I just took a poop and I could see blood in the toilet and when I went to wipe it was pure blood, is that okay?

I know that with dogs and cats, seeing visible blood in the stools that is red usually means hemrrhoids or something fairly superficial. We always watch for the dark red/black color of blood that is from higher in the digestive tract, since that's usually either a foreign body or some sort of tumor/ulceration.

An apple a day keeps the ExLax away!

my 2 year old neice has blood in her poop and its diarrhea what would this be from?

Hi,
For three weeks now i have been going poop about 3 or 4 times a day and it has been fairly runny (not diarreha though) but never too much poop at a time.. today I noticed that there was some fairly light red blood in the poop and when I wiped it was mostly light red blood the first wipe and then the rest of the wipes were normal no blood... it all seemed to have gone away about four days ago but now it seems to be back... could you advise me on what it could be causeing this problem, it is making me very uncomfortable.

Poonurse and Dr. Adams! My god! How can you let all these questions go unanswered? Oh, the inhumanity of it, the needless suffering. Is there a doctor in the house? Medic, medic?

ok.. i duno.. out of nowhere yesterday night...i went to the bathroom and my stool had blood around it.. well in it i guess?? and wen i wiped there was blood on the toilet paper..WHATS WRONG WITH ME ?!?!! im too scared to see a doctor...NO WAY ....i dont have itching or pain...it only happned that one night...i am a female and i dont have anal sex but can it be from just having regualr sex really hard.?!?! like um.. truama? lol i duno and then 2day it didnt happen during my bowl movment...i read all these things online..and i dont know what to think.. im overwhlemed.. cancer....hemroid...piles...what do i have?!!!? i dont have an irritation.. it was just that one night.. i saw blood..

Deat Ms. Coward,
By reading your post, I assume that you worry a alot. This can cause stress that can exaserbate ulcers. Try a little meditation, masturbation, or flatulation. That may help to calm you down. You should probably see a doctor too, but don;t go to the hospital. That place is full of sickos!
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I just went to the toilet and I was using the paper I saw a small light red clot of blood, I also wiped and there was more blood, but it wasn't mixed with the poop. I'm very worry, I never experience such a thing before.
For a few months now I been having some pain on my lower right side, before it was a permanent light pain, but now is no more. My appendice is gone for 10 years already, and that is the area that is on pain all the time.
Thanks for the help if anybody can answer me.

The currently-AWOL Logjam wrote, above:

"Poonurse and Dr. Adams! My god! How can you let all these questions go unanswered? Oh, the inhumanity of it, the needless suffering. Is there a doctor in the house? Medic, medic?"

Readers of this site need to understand that neither PooNurse nor Dr. Adams are with us anymore (nor, sadly, does Logjam appear to be, either).

Thus, DON'T DELAY TREATMENT waiting on a reply from this site. I am constrained to quote a post I made earlier today on another thread regarding this same issue:

"I always get into trouble when I wade into these PooNurse threads, but to quote the King James Bible, my "bowels are moved with compassion" when I see these poor sufferers with symptoms of serious medical problems seeking advice online.

"Mind you, it is better to come here than to do nothing at all, but the greatest gift PR can give to most of you is the advice to GO SEE A DOCTOR!!! Other than menstruation, the human body NEVER discharges blood for normal reasons. This is especially true when the blood source is internal, as with many of the cases described above.

"If you don't know what it is, or if it keeps on, you are simply playing Russian Roulette by ignoring it."

Hi,
Im 15 years old and today 3/13/06 i went to use the restroom and when i looked in the toilet there was blood in my poop. It wasn't really dark red but it wasn't really bright red either and there were no clumps of blood that i saw im really worried and i don't feel sick or anything i feel fine but i do work at the Humane Society and Canine Flu is going around and i was wondering if that could have anything to do with it and my poop isnt runny and it isnt hard... its normal im not nauscious i dont have a fever no vomitting or anything i feel fine and there isnt any pains or aches im hoping it is just food poison and i dont have anal sex at all! please e-mail me back on my e-mail me back ASAP!

The above sort of post just drains the fun out of PR for me. Working around animals, this young man's fecal bleeding could be symptomatic of anything from cholera to typhoid fever to avain flu, or any number of other maladies that could have him (as well as possibly others) terminally ill in a matter of days, if not hours.

And yet he sits around waiting for an answer from a poop humor site! Maybe this is evidence for darwinism after all.

I seriously do hope that anyone with a medical problem reading this site will go get the help they need. This is sort of a Dumpster crusade, so forgive my repeating this plea in multiple threads.

for the last five days i have been pooping probably a shot glass or two of bright red blood a day, but i believe it is ecoli or gastroentoritus, my 2 dogs and i enjoyed a very good steak acouple days ago and since then, i have had to take my dog in to the emergency hospital (she almost died from pooping and puking blood) and now me, is this an emergency or can a dr. appt in a couple of days suffice?

Didn't the vet tell you what caused the dog's condition. And, if both your dogs ate the steak and the condition was related to eating it, wouldn't both dogs have gotten sick?

It's not a Perry Mason mystery, Anonymous Coward.

Hey i just used the bathroom before and when i wiped i noticed a little bit of blood of the toilet paper. Should i be worried or see a doctor. Can it be anything life threatning?

hi, just today when i poop, there was blood it my poop and the blood was even dripping out of my butt. This happens every once in a while i'm scared to go find out what it is? Do you know why this happens?

Please allow me to clear some things up for everyone.

Red blood means you have a wound outside or just inside, meaning you probably need to wipe softer and give it some time to heal. I apologize, but I'm not sure how to help the healing process along. Personally I just wipe softer and give it time.

If your poop is black and smells rancid, that is blood from farther inside, and you need to seek help PDQ. Try to see a doctor as soon as you possibly can. There is a chance that you might have ulcers or internal bleeding, though this isn't 100% of all cases. Pepto-Bismol can temporarily give you black poop, for instance.

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hi i was wondering if anyone has an idea to why after i have protein shakes sometimes i poop blood. i take protein shakes because i lift weights and want to gain muscle so i need more protein than what i would normally eat. any ideas would help thanks. and what kind of doctor should i see thanks.

Go see your regular doctor, who can refer you to an expert somewhere else if he can't tell you what's wrong. Seriously, make an appointment as soon as you can. You are not supposed to be passing blood, regardless of what you eat and drink.

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why sometimes i have blood in poop then other days that i dont. I think i will give it till the end of the week and if it keeps up i got to make a doctors appointment.

I am a 20 year old female and for like a week now i have been having some pretty nasty poop experiences....very runny and full of bright red blood. it happens like 2-3 times a day and i feel sick to my stomach just before i have to go. I dont know what to think. After i wipe the toilet paper is red mixed in with my poop also. If i dont poop and i just wipe there isnt any blood like arround my anus, so i just dont kno...should i wait it out a week more or go to the doctor?

Hi. I'm 14 years old and I have gotten my period a few times but very irregularly. I have pooped blood twice now, the first time a couple of days ago and there wasnt a huge amount but there was more than a little on the toilet. Just now I went to the bathroom and there was no blood in the toilet but I wiped and there was blood on the toilet paper. Whats wrong? Is there anything I can do myself before visiting a doctor?

:-@ NO! All of you: NO! Go. To. The. Doctor...Call. Right. NOW! Puh-leeze!

Okay.. So I found out that I had E Coli around the summer of 2001. I never did anything about it, I was too embarassed. The problem has never stopped, and now, summer 2006, it's still here. But this year i've been experiencing some new things.. Worse things. For one, there is blood every single time I poop. ((Granted, the blood thing has been going on for like.. a year or so)). And sometimes, there will be A LOT of slime after I poop, and sometimes there is even blood in the slime. I've been feeling very very ill lately, stomach wise. I don't have diarehea, I don't feel nauseatied, my stomach just ACHES. And yesterday I bled the most i've ever bled from it, it literally soaked into the toilet paper three or four sheets, and it was about a quarter-sized circle of blood. I don't know what to do or who to talk to, i'm 17 years old and embarassed. This is the first time i've ever realyl had pain, and it's been going on for about 3 days now. I'm afraid that something could be seriously wrong.. Does anyone know what I have?

Yes. I know what you have.

You have... to get your ass to the doctor. You should rather be embarrassed than dead.

It is understandable to be embarrassed having to talk to someone in person about what is happening in your nether regions. However, as The Dumpster and Fart Poopie have said above, you really do have to get these problems checked out physically by a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. If you are under 18, and just can't bring yourself to say out loud to your parent or guardian what is going on with you, simply write it on a piece of paper and hand it to them. If you are on your own, you can schedule a routine check-up and just as easily hand the paper to the doctor once you are there. This won't completely eliminate the embarrassment for you, but it will be obvious to the person that you give the note to how you are feeling, and I am sure that every effort will be made to ease your discomfort with the whole situation. If your reason for not being seen is that you have no medical insurance or ablitly to pay, there are free clinics available in most communities. You can find these listed in the phone book under the health services section, or just call a local hospital and ask them where the nearest available clinic is located. The bottom line is that you really have to be seen to absolutely be sure what is going on. Don't put it off. Even if it is something serious, the key to recovery is early detection. The longer you wait, the worse it can get. And if it turns out to be nothing serious, well...just think how much better you are going to feel.
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Sorry about how that comment came out. It is 3:00 in the morning and I apparently forgot what a paragraph is.
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WELL, THIS IS PRETTY EMBARASSING, BUT THIS MORNING (8/24/06) I WENT TO THE BATHROOM... (NUMBER2) AND WHEN I WIPED, THERE WAS 1 LITTLE SPOT OF BRIGHT RED BLOOD. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. I AM PRETTY MUCH A HYPOCONDRIAC... I GO TO MY DOCTOR ALMOST ONCE PER MONTH FOR A PHYSICAL AND BLOOD WORK... AT MY REQUEST!!! MY DR. ALWAYS SMILES AT ME AND THEN SHE SAY, "KAREN, YOUR FINE, YOUR HEALTHY.... STOP WORRYING) IM EMBARASSED TO NOW GO TO HER WITH THIS. IM A OVER WORRYING? SHOULD I BE SEEN FOR IT? I HAVE 5 KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 8, MY LAST ONE IS 11 MONTHS OLD... COULD THIS BE INTERNAL HEMMROIDS?

Hi,
I recently have had problems using the restroom and last night when I did I passed really dark stool. It was hard and it had dark green bluish slim all over it. What could be the cause of this. I know that I don't drink enough water and I have a lot of gas in my upper backand sometimes I feel dizzy.

I'm sorry. Did you say you have GAS in your UPPER back? Even dismissing the poop issue, it sounds like you need to see a doctor. Tomorrow.

I'm also not a doctor. I do not play one on TV either. But if I were a Brit, and played a doctor on TV, I could say you have a bloody arsehole.(I like to say "bloody", it makes me feel European. Kinda. Nevermind then, damn it.) I would NOT say you were one, just that you had one. Which isn't to say you couldn't become one if you so chose to be. This is, after all, America - the land where you can become whatever you want. I'm becoming more and more demented. Help me. Please.

okay soo ive been feeling really sick in my stomach today..il have random times were it hurts like hell. and when i..eh..fart it smells ALOT more than usual. i was guessing i had diarria and when i went it was slimy but i just went and there was blood with slimy stuff and blood...theres no way m going to the doctor...help!! is it bad?

OK folks - for the most part this isn't rocket science. There are a few things to try to see if they help your blood situation.....

If you have hard stools where you have to strain a lot and see a few spots or a streak of blood on the paper - drink lots more water and perhaps try a stool softener. Chances are in this case you have hemmorhoids they are ballooned blood vessels in your rectum (sometimes they are just outside the opening and can be viewed as lumps). If hard poop forces past them chances are they will get scratched or split a little since the walls are already weak and they will bleed some.

It sounds like a lot of people here are constipated - increase the water, eat fresh fruits and veggies (just the juice is not the same) and see if that doesn't help it out. If you don't see any progress within a week or so - go see the doctor.

To people with dark tarry stools - I had those with bleeding ulcers. Get your hiney to the doctor right away..... nothing to be messed with.

When you have bloody and mucousy stools (slimy if you will) get your butt to the doctor. You probably have some sort of parasite that needs to be treated.

Lots of time constipation causes a lot of gas and lots of abdominal pain.

Another thing to try if you are really gassy - examine your diet and try to relate the episodes to what you ate. Some people cannot tolerate foods such as dairy products. Try to do some intelligent detective work on your own.

My last best tip: If you have a sore butt and minimal bright red bleeding, use a pre-moistened baby wipe or at the minimum wet toilet paper to cleanse yourself. It keeps the abrasion down to a minimum.

I've had many, many years of experience in these matters - if you try the above suggestions and they don't help you - GET YOURSELF TO THE DOCTOR. That's what they make the big bucks for!

"...Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 09.08.2006 --'okay soo ive been feeling really sick in my stomach today... theres no way m going to the doctor'..."

What do you MEAN there's "no way" you're going to the doctor?!? GO TO THE DOCTOR. Duh.

Or, if you'd rather spend your time putting your final affairs in order, that's fun, too.

UM I started having a bloody diarrhea type POO. Mostly blood than anything else. I've had a pain in my lower back as well. I Believe the cause of it might be that I heated up some left-over meat in a styrofoam container that was in the fridge for acouple of days. Can this have caused the damage?

Question: I have a large hemroid. It's painful at times, but very swollen. Last night when I went to the bathroom (no constipation) and had a normally formed poop I noticed an excessive amount of blood. Not your little blood on the toilet bit. A LOT of blood. I kept whipping and it would fill the entire paper. I did this several times and it kept coming, like having a mis-carriage. Unfortunatley I am not a woman. I am a man. It was bright red in nature. Sometimes dark but that could have been due to the fact that it was mixed w/ poop. Any suggestions? Am I dying? Ahhhh!

AC above with the bleeding butt says:

"I kept whipping and it would fill the entire paper."

I think I see the obvious solution to your problem. Quit whipping your bum and you will not have an issue.

Rectal bleeding is something that you should discuss with your primary care physician about, especially if it is an ongoing problem.

Here's why:, rectal bleeding can be nothing more than hemorrhoids, or it as severe as cancer (or anything in between the two). If you had stomach distress, I would rule out hemorrhoids.

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I am 26 years old boy recently experience blood in my stool would like to know what could be the reason. i have no stress or tension I am working on the cruise. I have no difficulty passing the stool either, also their was blood stains in the water.

i am 14 years old and the past couple days i have been letting blood out with my number 2. its a bright red colour so i think thats good. but i am scared. should i take some medication or something?

Hello, i been pooping blood in the stool and also on my toilet paper, the first time i noticed this it wasnt bad it was only a bit on the toilet paper. but the second time was a little bit more. im pretty frightend and i wana know what it could be before i go to the doctor so i can be more prepared for an answer. please help me im really scared im only 16.

It could be you just need to go to the doctor and tell him/her what's going on.

My 8 year old granddaughter asked me to "come see" last night and I went to see what she wanted. She was in the bathroom and had just used it. The toilet water was bright red and lots of it....I asked her if she had been in any pain and she said no. She also said it had happened one other time recently and she hadn't told anyone. Her mother came to pick her up and dismissed it as hemmoroids saying that my granddaughter had them. I can't quit worrying about it. I just don't think it is normal for and 8 year old to have hemmoroids. Can anyone give me their opinion?
Thank you

for a little over a week, I have had blood comming out with my poop. It seems to be consistently bright red, but my poo is much runnier than normal. currently, my abdomen hurts, but it's not specific like apendicitis is supposed to be. The pain is fairly constant though. I have been having mroe gas than is usual and have not had normal poop since this started. What can it be, and if it's food poisioning, besides to stop eating dinning hall food (haha) what can i do without going to the doctor?

thanks

Suffer.

Please take care of yourself.

Maybe if blood was coming out of your ears, you'd see a doctor. While I know this is a totally bad comparison, the fact remains that people are so afraid to address blood in their stool or rectal bleeding.

I sure hope my kids are smart enough to see a doctor if this happens to them when they get to school.

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My name is kyle, and i am 16, in the past week, twice i went to the bathroom and the first thing that would come is what looks like a little blood in a lot of snot looking stuff, slimmy and i read that there can be slim if it is serious. Do you think that i would have a lot of blood in the slim? or what, i dont know if it something to worry about.

2 weeks ago i went to poo and there was extremely light blood on the toilet paperwhen i wiped, that happened twice. today, i went to poo and there was blood on my poo, on the toilet paper. i went to tell my parent and told them the situation and she just said it was probably because i wiped too roughly or forced too much, i then went to pee and there was blood in the toilet that im guessing leaked from my butt. i am absolutely terrified! can anyone give me some advice?

hi ive read alot here i think that the people who here have red blood passing in there stools have hemroids if i was you id look at your butt in the mirror i did and i noticed it was swealled a lil look at your anal hole and google hemroids its not a serious problem look at your butt and google hemriod pictures and compare for the people with black blood id go and have it checked out most likley ulcer issues.. avoid spicyfoods

I ate a bunch of asprin because of constant headaches, and also I ate soem funny chicken, then saw on the news of a saminilla outbreak. So either I have a Ulcer, or Saminilla, or both, And now I have freqeunt pooping with bloody poop, and mucus (most likely stomach lining or intestinal) I take Antacids, and metamucil, but I cant find out what the hell Antibiotics is, Everyone says take them for bacteria, but it dont say "Antibiotics" in the store, what are they called??? why is it some huge secret? I need like a name brand or somthing.

No, you don't need a brand name, because you can't buy antibiotics in a STORE.

What you need is a PRESCRIPTION because ANTIBIOTICS have to be prescribed by a DOCTOR.

I have been noticing blood in my stool and when i wipe, and have noticed that the inside of my back area has an itching feeling right after and just before i poop. After I am done pooping my back area hurts. I have noticed a decrease in when i go to the bathroom as well. What should i do?

I noticed it before, but never really thought too much into this. Its about the third time this has happened, after I pooped my tissue paper had blood on it, it didnt look dark red, or bright, no clumps or anything.

Is it something serious, or am i overthinking this?

I have just turned 16 and a couple of months ago, around last October, I found bright red blood in my poop.It really worried me for a while but then it more or less stopped. Yesterday however I went to the toilet and found blood in my poop again but more than before,it's still bright red though. I'm not constipated and I feel totally fine apart from this. I really don't want to have to tell anyone coz it is really embarassing but I want to know if it is serious or not.someone please help!

2day i had a urge 2 poop this morning when i finish i look at the toilet paper there was like 2 drops of bright red blood and like 15min later i had diarea (cant spell it out) and i look at the toliet paper there was no blood just poop i read that i need fiber becuz i been eating alot of junk food and there was something about food poisoning which causes bleeding right? also i been having alot of night sweat at my leg, i dont feel any pains 2. so am i alright?

About 2 weeks ago I noticed that some of my stool had a little red in it. I didn't think anything of it, but kept it in mind. The next time I dropped the kids off at the pool when I wiped I there was a pretty good sized blood stain, and a few drops in the toilet. The past 2 times since then it's been the same. I don't want a doctor checking out my backside, so that's out of the question. I changed my diet about 4 days ago and today was the same result, but not as bloody as the previous time. Should I wait for a few more bathroom breaks and if the blood continues seek alternative help?

What is it with all the anonymous cowards coming on here and posting their ages and genders (and in some cases measurements) before they describe their problem. It reminds me of some sort of dating site for people with bloody poop fetishes.

Am I the only one who is disturbed by this?

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Well i was just reading what you all have wrote about blood coming out of your rectum. Well listen to this, this actually happened about hmm two days ago. Well i went to the washroom did my buisness and noticed blood....a lot of blood more then usual i always get a few drops on the toilet paper but this time it was way to much i got worried...When i was younger like 12 or 13 i had an anal fissure, and got surgery for it....well i never knew they can come back. So anyways that same day that blood came out of me i went to work and there it happened to...i went to go into the washroom to see if it stoped bleeding...NO! so i was getting so scared out of nervousness i told someone about my problem who eventually told my supervisor OMG embarrasing they told me to go to emergency...sooo i did. So now i am way to freaking embarassed to go back and say its just an anal fissure so i think im just going to say an intestinal infection. i hope they believe it...anyways thought it should share...later b.t.w this site is funny and helpfull

hi im a 23 yr old female and i just had a baby by c-section a month ago. last night when i pooped it stung a little and when i wiped it was bright red blood.
it just happened again tonight.
could it be related to the birth? or perhaps something else?
any one?

When I poop it has happened about 3 times sometimes more then others. But today was the worst I poop and wipe and there is blood. But I look at the stool and its dark and it is slimy and as some blood on it. Anyone any idea what it could be? I really don't wanna go say this to anyone I mean um embarrasing huh! But about a year ago I had a colonoscopy for stomach aches if something was wrong I would have thought they would have seen something right? What should I do??

If blood came out of your pee like this, you'd see a doctor, right? See a doctor!

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One more time, the answer is LEECHES!!

Hi. Recently I started having diarrhea, a high fever, and stomach pains. The first two days, my poo was fine. Today is is showing blood. I'm not sure if this is due to me not having anything to poo in my body or not. I ate some chicken tenders and fries from a grocery bakery before feeling sick. Is this just food poisoning?

__Mr.Z- you should re-read Dr.Adams explanation above. Looked to me like it explained... _____
While eating chicken from the store deli or restaurant, drink liquor if you are of age.

holy crap!harharhar... pun intended. great site but so repetitive with the questions... read people! read! read thoroughly and most of the responses to your questions are already posted...

Hi .. I was treated a couple weeks ago for having blood in my urine it took two courses of antibiotics but doctor say's they saw no more blood. Yesterday I thought I noticed blood after i pooped. I though it may just have been from what I ate?? Anyway today for sure pinkish/red after i pooped mostly in like mucus kinda poop. Should I wait and go to the doctors tomorrow or should I go to an emergency room? I am very worried

last week i pooped and a slimy thing came out with a little bit of blood in it and then regular poop came out..i was alright the next day and yesterday my farts really really stunk and today i pooped out a slimy thing again with a little bit of blood in it what could this be?

Okay, I read all of these post and just wanted to tell what happened to a family member. He fine now, but a couple of years ago he was out at a bar. Not drinking, and playing golden T with his friend when he had to go to the bathroom. He had to poo and it was dirreaha.
When he wiped he was full of blood. The blood soaked through his pants. He immediatly came home and had to go to the hospital. He was embarresed and scared. The doctors didn't think anything bad about it, didn't make fun of him and didn't scare him. They did examine him, take blood counts and kept him for the night and next day. He kept bleeding the next day and had to have a colonoscopy in the hospital. They didn't know why he was bleeding, but he still was, dirreaha with blood and sometimes just blood. That day he had to have a blood bag, because it wouldn't stop. After the colonoscopy, they found nothing wrong and he stayed in the hospital. After a week he had had 2 more colonoscopys and 2 more blood bags. They finally said he had diverticuloses and wanted to remove some of he bowels to stop the bleeding. It was touch and go and for the next week it all calmed down and he was sent home. After a few days home it all started again and he was back in the hospital again. After the second time in the hospital it went away. He had to take blood tests and follow up care with a bowel doctor. I didn't write this to scare anyone. His was a fast bleed from his bowels. Very abnormal and if he just ignored it he could've bleed to death. Seek help immediatly if your bleeding too much. He was embarresed and survived it, you can too. Take care

Im a little worried...I went out for lunch with my boyfriend and his friend and his friends girlfriend. And all day after i ate
that beef sandwhich with the beef dipp i was feeling like shit all day after that...and then later on i puked in the toilet... the next day later on that night i noticed there was slime it was clear colored yes kinda like very runny snot..and blood not alot of blood just small parts in certain sections of my poop and i also noticed i have dierrea...im not sure if this is from what i ate or if its from anol...
the last time i had anol
was..on saturday could it be from that?
i am feeling fine now but in some parts of my poop there is light red and sometimes a bit darker then light but not dark dark
just kind of pinkish, i feel fine now..
i hope you can answer my question i dont know if its food posening or what but to me it sounds like it cause i was vommiting on saturday...the same day i ate the beef sandwich with the beef dipp at boston pizza..
I THINK it might be food posining but who knows
i just want to find out for sure
and im scared to find out what it is
when i go to the doctors and
plus my boyfriends coming into town tomorrow and staying with me for two weeks,
soo im a little nervous to go..
i havnt told my mom or dad but i asked my mom today if blood in poop had something to do with any kind of S.T.D...im not too sure whats wrong with me...Hopefully its just foodposineing..but its a little late i just wanted to do some research on what this could possibly be.. I will be on this site again checking to see if someone answered my question
Im a little worried but im pretty sure that it is food posening from boston pizza.
But who knows i just came on here to find out for sure.. Just in case it could be cancer,hemroids, etc.
I am off to bed
i will be drinking lots of water
im drinking a glass right now if it doesnt
stop within five days at the most ill have to go to the doctors if no one answers my question.
im a little worried to go to the doctors but if i have to i will.
Im off to bed now i will be checking this site within two or three days.
maybe even a week or two at the most
cause i would be awful embarressed if my boyfriend saw me on this website..
who knows what this could possibly be..
i just hope its not something serious!
well liek i said i gotta get some rest
goodnight yall!

Hi i'm only 18 years old and i noticed there was some blood in my poop. it has been going on for 6 months i believe. it isn't bright more dark colored and its scaring the crap out of me. do i really need to see a doctor cuase i;m scared to tell the parents. i have been always hungry and i tend to see the dark blood or clots on the poo and paper. there has been some clear liquid that comes out too. i do have a little extra gas. any ideas?

if you have a headache that wont go away and you took tylenol cuz the pain wont go away and 3 days later you get your period while you think you did but on day 4 you still have a headache and wen you poop, blood came out with it (the blood was red). i dont know whats going on with me please someone give me a response. i'm not afraid of telling my mom about it because every morning i wake up feel like a boom just came loosed and wen i go to the bath room my stomach just crumble and when i pee, some blood comes out in my butt. i just want it to go away. WHATS GOING ON WITH ME?

Hello.. i just have a few questions.. I am an 18 yr old female.. and for the past few months i have been having pains in the lower right side of my stomach... feels like period cramps.. i havent had them in about a month now. but for the past month on and off i have notice spots of blood in my poop, not alot however.. and the past week i've had a time going to the bathroom.. i experience slight discomfort and pain ... however the pain last night was very uncomfortable.. its on the outside of my stool.. now, mind you, i do not have anal sex.. but what could this be?? im to scared to see a doctor.. kind of embarassed really.. i just would like to know a little more about it before seeing someone.. but at the same time i dont want to wait too long and it be something serious... Thanks to whom ever can give me some advice....!

Dear dear 18 year old female Anonymous of 9/14/07

Nothing to worry about, probably just a 3 or 4 foot long tapeworm that has attached itself to the lining of you small intestine...sucking your life blood out 3 cubic centimeters at a time. I know I certainly wouldn't go see a medical professional regarding such a simple matter, I would go on the internet to a poop humor website and ask complete strangers for advice. My mom taught me that, and after AL Gore invented the internets, all knowledge has been available for free, you just have to know who and how to ask. Grab a coat hanger, a wire one, and untwist the hook end....fold one end into a very narrow "u" or "v"...so that when you shove the hanger up your ass, you can snag that slimy fucking worm and yank it out by the roots...never fails for me, and I have dealt with these bloodsuckers for years....

When I went to the bathroom, everything was normal, and my poop was fine and everything and I hadnt had any strange symptoms, like nausa or fever or anything. But then I looked into the tolet again, and i saw bright red blood. When I went to wipe, there was alot of bright red blood on the toilet paper, with no clots or anything, just blood. Its happened about three times now. And before that I had been noticing when i wiped just a little tiny spot of blood on the paper. Whats wrong with me????

It could be ulcer if you see dark blood from stool. Internal bleeding is a serious issue. It reduces your blood count and you might be fainted.

I have blood in my poop and it scares me like no other it has happen 4 times already im getting kind of scared....what is it???

It is TIME TO GET TO A DOCTOR!!! It could be a breaking hemorrhoid or something worse.

Please get off the 'puter and go see someone.

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www.daphneszoo.com

Umm is this normal? I am 12 years old and have my 2nd period ever. Every time my period comes, when I wipe I see a LOT of blood but it only happens during my period. Whats happening? I'm afraid to poop now.

i drink alot and have heartburn all the time. but today i shit blood. could drinking have anything to do with bloody shit?

that depends, Spike, do you chew the glass when you finish the drink?

Seriously, if you are a heavy drinker, you may have an ulcer either in your stomach or intestinal tract...either way, your gonna die.

someday.

can blood appear in your crap due to drinking booze????

Obviously you weren't paying attention, and you deserve to bleed to death through your ass.

I am a 19 year old female that is very concerned. A few weeks ago I pooped but when I wiped myself there was bright red blood. I wiped again trying to see if the blood was coming from the front or back but I wasnt able to tell because it only lasted for about 3 wipes... now today I pooped and when I wiped I noticed very very light almost invisible pinkish blood but there was not alot of it, at times I feel the way I do when I am about to come on my period ... do you know what this can be?

Im 15 and for the past couple times i have pooped when i wiped there is blood. Its alot of blood and it really bright red. Pooping doesnt hurt and it's not loose or hard. Does any one know why?

Yep, helpp, I do know why. What you have is called a "crap weasel". Its a small furry critter that climbs up your butt while you sleep. The blood is from the weasel, who has died up there in your colon, from eating too much poop. Its stomach has burst. You should pass the carcass in a couple of days and not have any further problems...unless another one crawls up in there.

can some one really tell me.

Ok, so you didn't like my joke. Very well...I"m not a doctor, and I suggest you see one, but it sounds most likely like hemorrhoids, and its really not that big a deal. However, it CAN be something else, and that could be a VERY big deal, so please go see your physician.

im going to. but doesnt hemroids hurt. im not in any pain

not necessarily, they can be painful and itchy, but if they are minor, and inside, not bulging out, most folks never realize they have them until they bleed.

helpp, I'm a mom. My oldest, my son, is 15. If he were to suffering from this type of problem and didn't tell me how he was feeling or ask me for help, I'd feel awful. I'd feel like I'd let him down in the trust department.

If there's any chance that you can share with one of your parents or legal guardians, please do. Chances are they care about you as much as I do for my kids. They would want to help you.

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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

The past 4 weeks I have diarrhea with bright red blood. There is no pain and the amount of poop is minimal and it happens 3 or 4 times a day. It comes on fast and sometimes I have not made it to the toliet in time. It's also explosive and loud when it starts. The secretary on the other side of the office door can definitely here me. What is going on here? My doctor did nothing except schedule me for a colonsocopy. My problem still exists. HELP!

GO get your colonoscopy...it maybe nothing more than hemorrhoids, but it could be something much more perilous, I had basically the same thing happening about a month ago, had several pre-cancerous polyps removed, that were discovered via colonoscopy. IT wasn't as bad as some folks make it out to be on this site, at least for me, I was fascinated at getting to watch the procedure. Lots of folks just ask to be knocked out, too, which is cool, if your pain threshold is low.

IF you THINK that you have blood in your stool:
MAKE SURE to check whether you have a pilonidal abcess, which is an infected wound near the anus.

This occurs in ~1% of the population and is thought to be caused by ingrown hair.
You can most easily check by sitting on the toilet when you dont have to go, and blot some toilet paper over the anus area making sure to note whick point the anus touched the paper. If the blood spot is not at the anus spot then you have a pilonidal abcess.

DONT WORRY, this can be fixed by a routine operation with some slightly hastling post op care. But if you dont go to a good doctor then the abcess could reoccur...very annoying.
Most people are sorted after one operation as most doctors are good at routine ops.

I have had three reoccurences and have been free from hastle for over four years now. You probably already know someone that has had one of these, but just didnt realise it.

Make sure to get this fixed because if you wait a long time then you could have severe difficulties if the festering canal expands all of the way into the colon, but this would take quite a while > 6months maybe.

DO NOT GET SILVER NITRATE TREATMENT as this creates a large amount of scar tissue which is hard for a future doctor to operate on... meaning that quite a large area of tissue between your butt cheeks will be removed.

I HOPE THIS HELPS.

-A friend

When i go for a poo the first hard bit is hard some times and the otter part of my bum splits i drink about8 glasses ok water a day and eat at least 6 bits of fruit a day what else can i do

For the past few days every time I poop there has been blood in the toilet. It has happened before but always goes away. Should Iget this checked out? My poops have been very hard too

for last few days when i wipe i find blood on the paper, its not that dark color but i dont feel any pain when wiping nor normally, its getting worried, should i see a doctor or wait for few days to see what happens? no pain at all, thank for sharing thoughts

Those of you seeing blood in the toilet or on the paper should get to a doctor soon just for checking. It could be hard stools tearing at your anus or inside the rectum, or it could be something else. Hard to tell without an exam. Yes, it may mean the doc looking at your anus, but it's better to do it now voluntarily than have it done on an emergency basis later.

Ok. my name is elisha, &i know you have heard this time and time again, but recently, saturday i had this upset stomach, diarrea. because i ate pork chops the night before, witch i think it was from and now i have had this constant tight feeling in my stomach since then, i poop &pee fine. but this morning was different. i looked, &there was just a lil spot of blood. very small, but of course i freaked out cause on top of that i suffer from anxiety so i was pretty scared. but i waited alil bit then i went pee. and then i wiped my butt even tho i didnt go poop that time, and nothing was there. is this something to be worried about?

I have had a few troubles i have had dark blood on the toilet paper after i wipe myself that happened ages ago and just know today it came back but its not dark its bright red it isnt heaps of blood though i have seen my doctor b4 all this as i havent had my period 4 over 2 years im very worried i do want kids in the future i had an USound done i got told i have cysts on my ovaries how can i get rid of em and is that what is causing the blood in my stools and when i go to the toilet i sometimes get a burning feeling when im wiping???
I sometimes get a bit of pain in my stomach?

My son was in the hospital for 9 days when he was about 9 months old from salmonella. We never did find out what it was from, but I know he almost died. There was never any blood in his poop but I would imagine that could be a symptom of food poisoning.

Thankfully he came through that okay, and he's now 22 years old and a recent college graduate.

Just be careful and see the doctor anytime you have blood in your shit.

By the way, congratulations, Postman! Hope your son had a good graduation.

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Well, you don't actually blow on it. That's just an expression.

Thanks, TSV. It was nice. Now comes the hard part - getting him employed.

Elisha--don't freak out about a tiny spot of blood (I assume on the paper, not your turd). Keep watching, and if the blood continues to appear, or increases, then see your doctor. Recurring blood is no joke, but a single instance could be from something hard in one poop, like an undigested part of a nut.

Help any sugg--IMHO, you need to see your doctor again; you didn't say how much bright red blood you had, or whether it was on the paper or on your turd. Bright red blood means fresh, coming likely from the rectum or anus or at least not far up into the colon; at least it's not from internal bleeding, which would make it dark, even black. Again, any number of potential causes; see your doctor. The burning feeling when wiping may be from some hot spicy food that didn't completely digest and is still potent enough that you feel it when wiping because that sort of rubs it in. Aside from that, I don't know; see your doctor.

Heres my thing, Im 20 years old. Okay, so ever since I was about 16, i have had pains in my lower right side of my stomach, im not a doctor so i dont know the medical term for that location...anyways, the pain gets serious sometimes, to where i cant even walk..i never really had time to get it checked out, granted im in the army and i just dont have time for it. Lately, after i shit, i wipe, and i notice dark blood on the toilet paper...i have had diareha or however u spell it for about a week now..i figured its just food poisoning from taco bell or something. so could someone please tell me what the hell is wrong with me and if i should go see a doctor....i dont really check this too much, so email me if you want...chempsych74@hotmail.com, but if you would rather comment on here, it might take a while before i get the message....thanks...

John

im 19, and whenever i poo there is blood on the paper. and, embarassing enough, when i was pooing i felt around with my fingers as it was coming out, and there were about 4 (or more) small balls (attached to the inside of me)popping out with the poo. but once i was done. they went back inside.
WHATS WRONG WITH ME? WHAT COULD THEY BE?
it doesent hurt what so ever, so i have no clue what it could be. I also have a VERY hard time deficating. it takes forever. and only a few pebbles come out at a time like 3-4 times a week. i need help. and i refuse to have a doctor looking at my butthole

You poor thing!

It sounds like you have internal hemorrhoids that come out when you poop, and often they bleed a little.

If your poop is so hard, DRINK MORE WATER!!! If you chose to buy a fiber called Metamucil, it will help you go to the bathroom, but you have to use lots of water for it to work. Other great foods for fiber are apples, prunes, bananas, bran muffins, muesli cereal, and of course, CEP's favorite - Taco Bell.

Drink water, and if your butt hurts, you can go to Wal Mart or some other store and buy the store brand generic equivalent of Preparation H.

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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

I note your refusal to have a doctor look at your butthole. Do you really think he or she will think less of you because you have an anus? Doctors are used to seeing all body parts; your anus will not be anything special, shameful, or even unusual. For heaven's sake, see the doctor! All of the over-the-counter remedies are shots in the dark; as yet you don't really know what's wrong, let alone what to do about it. Further, I suspect some prescriptions the doctor can give are stronger or more specific to your need than the OTC stuff. Of course, eat fiber, veggies and fruits; try for a regular bowel movement time each day; and drink lots of water. Those things can help you have easier b.m.'s; but they may not remove your problem.

Natalie, who wrote in with her email address that I'd just as soon not post - eat the BRAT diet for a few days and see if it helps.

Bananas
Rice
Appplesauce
Toast

If it doesn't help, don't ask for help here. Call a doctor. We can't substitute for one. Best wishes, Nat.

daphne

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www.daphneszoo.com

You've gotta be some kinda moron to find excessive amounts of blood in your stool and decide to consult a comedy site for advice instead of gettng to a doctor, pronto.

Next time I get my face stuck in a running chainsaw, I'll try logging on to the Bozo the Clown forums for help, instead of going to the hospital. Maybe there's some hidden advantage here I'm just not seeing.

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"...you guys are missing the genius of Turdgutson's idea. We should certainly not be shitting in the sink, but why not invent a Toilet Disposal? Your tampon, giant turd, or some hooker's hand won't flush? Just flip a switch!" - SamDamnit