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How Can Bloody Bowel Movement After Food Poisoning Be Treated?

2 weeks ago I had food poisoning. I bought a sandwich at airport in Cancun Mexico to eat on the plane. 3 hrs after eating half of sandwich I had severe diarrhea, cramps and abdominal pain. I had symptoms for at least 3 days.. nothing stayed in. I noticed by 3rd day I had blood on toilet tissue but not a lot. Stopped having diarrhea but didn’t feel like eating much so really didn’t have another bowel movement for about 5 days at which time I noticed blood in toilet. Then 3 days later another bowel movement but more blood in toilet. How do I get it to stop. I only see blood if I have a bowel movement.
Wed, 5 Sep 2018
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Hi,

Food poison would be caused by an intestinal infection and it is a pretty common condition, Tab Metronidazole can be tried twice in a day for five days, but sometimes it fails to work due to resistance against this drug or because of the mix type of infection like both protozoa and bacteria may be responsible for this.

So Metronidazole can be added with Doxycycline. Blood stain stool is part of this infection and it may be happening due to inflammation of the intestine. If the condition or the symptoms are severe, then it may need stool culture sensitivity test and medical examination.

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How Can Bloody Bowel Movement After Food Poisoning Be Treated?

Hi, Food poison would be caused by an intestinal infection and it is a pretty common condition, Tab Metronidazole can be tried twice in a day for five days, but sometimes it fails to work due to resistance against this drug or because of the mix type of infection like both protozoa and bacteria may be responsible for this. So Metronidazole can be added with Doxycycline. Blood stain stool is part of this infection and it may be happening due to inflammation of the intestine. If the condition or the symptoms are severe, then it may need stool culture sensitivity test and medical examination. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.