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Should I Be Worried About The Blood In Stools After A Subtotal Hysterectomy?

Two and a half weeks ago I had a Subtotal Hysterectomy and a Sacral Colpopexy and mesh sling surgery. a week after the surgery I was hospitalized because my bowels shut down or had a blockage. since then I have sort of had regular bowel movements. Today after 2 days I had a bowel movement and there was a small trace of blood. should I be really worried about this?
Sat, 16 Nov 2019
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Blood in stools may be caused by various reason. commonly its due to constipation or some worm occupying your gut. But after a major surgery in abdomen especially after hysterectomy means some times there may be shut down of gut movements after the surgery which may become normal after a few walk or at sometimes some injury over gut might have happened at the time of surgery. It may be some minor which can be corrected with medications to some major which may need another corrective surgery.plenty of water and diet rich of fibres lik oat meal and fruits may correct the gut movements.But if not corrected its necessary to find out the cause either by scanning or colonoscopy means to look your gut through a camera via your natural orifice anus if
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Should I Be Worried About The Blood In Stools After A Subtotal Hysterectomy?

Blood in stools may be caused by various reason. commonly its due to constipation or some worm occupying your gut. But after a major surgery in abdomen especially after hysterectomy means some times there may be shut down of gut movements after the surgery which may become normal after a few walk or at sometimes some injury over gut might have happened at the time of surgery. It may be some minor which can be corrected with medications to some major which may need another corrective surgery.plenty of water and diet rich of fibres lik oat meal and fruits may correct the gut movements.But if not corrected its necessary to find out the cause either by scanning or colonoscopy means to look your gut through a camera via your natural orifice anus if