What Causes Blood In Stool?

Posted on Sat, 5 Jul 2014

Question: Blood in my stool

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
detailed below

Detailed Answer:
Hello.

Thank you for the query.

If its bright red blood on the surface of the stool, hemorrhoids are the most probable reason.
If the blood is mixed with the stool, colon cancercan be the reason.
As you are over the age of 50, every blood in stool case should be checked with colonoscopy.
Please consult your doctor and have it done at first.
If its only hemorrhoids, surgery might be necessary.

Hope this will help.Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar