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Suggest Treatment For Blood In Stool
i have my grandaughter aged three &a half for asleep over tonight she has just had a poo and there was quite a lot of blood in the bowl after i cant see anything wrong with her bottom or private parts and she is quite her normal self do i need to take her to hospital for checking
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
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Blood in stool in a 3 and half year old kid could be due to infectious colitis, anal fissure or polyps.
A stool test and a sigmoidoscopy should be done to confirm the cause of bleed.
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Blood in stool in a 3 and half year old kid could be due to infectious colitis, anal fissure or polyps.
A stool test and a sigmoidoscopy should be done to confirm the cause of bleed.
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