If it’s bright red, schedule a visit with your doctor. More than likely hemorrhoids.
If it’s dark red or black, try to get to an ER before you lose consciousness.
Bright red, not very. Dark blood, very.
Doesn’t bloody fresh red blood mean that whatever is happening is near the exit so more or less treatable.
But dark red or even black means that bleeding is happening deep inside the intestinal tract and you really have to see a doctor and a hospital to get proper treatment as soon as possible.
Note that you probably shouldn’t read this post if you have health anxiety
generally yes but not always. Don’t freak the fuck out without other symptoms. Something as simple as taking pepto bismol can make your stool very dark and it’s obviously benign in that case. Similarly red in your poop can be caused by dietary stuff, classic trigger is beets
Ideally you’d see a doctor just to be safe, especially if it occurs for more than a few days or if you also have other symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, etc.
if you have symptoms like tachycardia or weak heartbeat, pallor, hyperventilation, sweating, excessive fatigue/not alert, etc it’s in the medical emergency zone and you need an emergency room asap.
Get referred to a gastrointerologist asap. There are a variety of things it could be, and few of those are anything you can get away with ignoring.
If it’s bright red, could be a ruptured blood vessel from straining to defecate to chrohns disease or ulcerative colitis. The later nearly killed me. Dark red to coffee ground consistency can be stomach ulcers. These can be a one off thing or chrilonic and lead to anemia, malnutrition, cancer etc…
Mind, I’m not a doctor, but I had dealt with serious symptoms of UC for over a decade and would be dead by now had I not gotten surgery. Got pretty familiar with digestive tract issues. Don’t take it lightly
A doctor will tell you this
“What color is it?”
“Okay. If it continues for (amount of time) come back and give us more money for a sample”
Bright red = end of the colon, not serious. Hemorrhoids, colon wall blood vessel broken. I once ate a lot of sunflower seeds shells and all. Shit blood for a few days form that.
If it’s dark red it could be maybe serious. Could be IBS, blood vessels again just further up. You have to mention other symptoms.
Did you eat beets? If your pee is also red you ate beets and that’s the colour.
Very alarmed. Go to the doctor now.
Check for hemorrhoids and scratches.
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