Discovering blood in your stool can trigger immediate anxiety and concern, but understanding what this symptom means helps distinguish between minor issues and serious conditions requiring prompt ...

Blood in your stool may be due to a number of factors, such as straining to poop, anal fissures, and hemorrhoids. Treatment depends on the specific cause of your constipation and bleeding. Many people ...

Dr. Terry Simpson, a board-certified general surgeon based in California, is sharing the stool symptom that’s cause for serious concern. “There is one condition where you should go to the emergency ...

When it comes to ranking the scariest phrases in the English language, “blood in the stool” is right up there. But is it always a harbinger of a serious health condition, or can it be a sign of ...

Physicians have cautioned Nigerians against dismissing the sight of blood in stool as a minor or temporary issue, warning that it could be an early sign of serious gastrointestinal ...

Blood in the stool is not a direct symptom of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but some IBS complications may cause short-term rectal bleeding. Symptoms of IBS most commonly include abdominal cramping, ...

As John Johnson trained for his second marathon, he noticed blood in his stool and wondered if he had hemorrhoids from “training pretty hard.” When the bleeding continued for a month, his doctor sent ...

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