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What Causes Bleeding From The Rectum?
My 32 yr. old daughter has seen blood in the toilet and blood from her rectum when urinating, not having a bowel movement. Not every time. My father died of colon cancer and I have regular colonoscopy exams as a result. How concerned should my daughter be about these symptoms?
Thu, 9 Nov 2017
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Bleeding per rectum should be taken seriously especially when her dad died of colon cancer. There are many causes of per rectal bleeding; some are serious while others are not. It can include hemorrhoids, due to Gastrointestinal infection or ulcer to inflammatory bowel disease to colon cancer.
Visit a gastroenterologist, get colonoscopy/endoscopy done for diagnosis of the cause of rectal bleed.
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Bleeding per rectum should be taken seriously especially when her dad died of colon cancer. There are many causes of per rectal bleeding; some are serious while others are not. It can include hemorrhoids, due to Gastrointestinal infection or ulcer to inflammatory bowel disease to colon cancer.
Visit a gastroenterologist, get colonoscopy/endoscopy done for diagnosis of the cause of rectal bleed.
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