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What Causes Blood In Stool In Children?
Hi doc my son 4 yrs old had little blood in stool .his paed did tests on stool and there were no bacterial infection . He said there may be a tear in rectum I wanted to know he had chocolate 2 bars on that day so I wanted to know if it increases inflammation in git?
Mon, 5 Jan 2015
Hello... Chocolate bar can give brown color to stool which may look like blood... And otherwise as your pediatrician rightly said, anal fiisure is most common cause of bllod in stool specialy when child suffers from constipation...
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