• SolidShake@lemmy.world
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    A doctor will tell you this

    “What color is it?”

    “Okay. If it continues for (amount of time) come back and give us more money for a sample”

    Bright red = end of the colon, not serious. Hemorrhoids, colon wall blood vessel broken. I once ate a lot of sunflower seeds shells and all. Shit blood for a few days form that.

    If it’s dark red it could be maybe serious. Could be IBS, blood vessels again just further up. You have to mention other symptoms.

  • loomi@lemmy.world
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    Colorectal cancer is rising and especially deadly in the young. The only safe amount of blood in stool is zero.

    See a doctor asap for screening to rule out major issues.

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    It’s actually normal to have occasional blood discharge in stool.

    It’s more about frequency and color. If it’s dark red clogs you need to get medical attention right away, if it only happens once and it’s a little bit just don’t worry about it.

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    Get referred to a gastrointerologist asap. There are a variety of things it could be, and few of those are anything you can get away with ignoring.

    If it’s bright red, could be a ruptured blood vessel from straining to defecate to chrohns disease or ulcerative colitis. The later nearly killed me. Dark red to coffee ground consistency can be stomach ulcers. These can be a one off thing or chrilonic and lead to anemia, malnutrition, cancer etc…

    Mind, I’m not a doctor, but I had dealt with serious symptoms of UC for over a decade and would be dead by now had I not gotten surgery. Got pretty familiar with digestive tract issues. Don’t take it lightly

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    If it’s a stepstool i wouldn’t worry too much about it, but a barstool i’d go directly to the emergency room. How exactly are you seeing stool in your blood? Are you collecting your own blood in a jar or glass, and see poop floating around in the viscous red liquid?

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    If it’s bright red, schedule a visit with your doctor. More than likely hemorrhoids.

    If it’s dark red or black, try to get to an ER before you lose consciousness.