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What Do Orange Strings In Stool While Suffering From Hemorrhoids Mean?

Hi i m 21 years of age and have recently found what seemed to be small hemorrhoids on the outside of my anus. I m not one who has ever had many health issues but did contract Chlamydia in the past year. since than i am rid of such infection and have been tested for all other STI s and HIV/AIDS, Hep C etc which all came back negative. I am an athlete and as such have taken protein powders which has increased mass of my stool through out the years , nothing catastrophic, but more enlarged than what i would think is normal . Along with the hemorrhoids for lack of identification i will call them that, i have noticed small orange colored strings in my stool and after wiping. No blood in my stool has been found although a few times in the last couple years i have had mild bleeding when passing stool after doing stupid things like eating shelled sunflower seeds. No blood otherwise. just wondering if any of this is a cause for concern, especially the odd orange strings i see sometimes
Fri, 14 Feb 2014
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Hi. This is bleeding only. IT would be better to get the proctoscopy done to know the degree of piles , as the treatment is different in different degrees of it. THe orange strings can indeed be bleeding only.
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What Do Orange Strings In Stool While Suffering From Hemorrhoids Mean?

Hi. This is bleeding only. IT would be better to get the proctoscopy done to know the degree of piles , as the treatment is different in different degrees of it. THe orange strings can indeed be bleeding only.