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Suggest Remedies For Blood In Stool And Diarrhea

My boyfriend went to the bathroom this morning and had one normal bowel movements. He has diarrhea and it has a good amount of blood in the bowl, three times. He is 51, had a heart attack about 76 years ago. His blood pressure is 124/85 Pul: 101. Do I need to get him to the ER? Please help! Thank You, Jamie
Fri, 2 Dec 2016
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Hi. Sorry to hear about the problem of your partner. As far as your question is concerned, few more info may be needed to reach to a conclusive diagnosis. If there is any history of fever along with bloody diarrhea , the most probable possibility would be a GIT infection. In that case he may need to visit a primary physician and get investigated (stool examination/culture) and get a prescription of appropriate antibiotics accordingly. Next ,keeping in view the age factor, blood in stool should be taken seriously and and a complete evaluation may be needed. A sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy may be needed to rule out any serious pathalogy or to diagnose and manage accordingly at an early stage of the disease. Hoping these lines might help you.
Wishing you and your loved ones the best of health.
Regards.
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Suggest Remedies For Blood In Stool And Diarrhea

Hi. Sorry to hear about the problem of your partner. As far as your question is concerned, few more info may be needed to reach to a conclusive diagnosis. If there is any history of fever along with bloody diarrhea , the most probable possibility would be a GIT infection. In that case he may need to visit a primary physician and get investigated (stool examination/culture) and get a prescription of appropriate antibiotics accordingly. Next ,keeping in view the age factor, blood in stool should be taken seriously and and a complete evaluation may be needed. A sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy may be needed to rule out any serious pathalogy or to diagnose and manage accordingly at an early stage of the disease. Hoping these lines might help you. Wishing you and your loved ones the best of health. Regards.