What's wrong with diarrhea and bloody stool

Some people will encounter diarrhea in their lives. Diarrhea is not a big deal, but diarrhea accompanied by bloody stool is definitely a situation that scares the person concerned, because if they have diarrhea and bloody stool, they will definitely think that they have eaten something wrong and are poisoned. There are many reasons for diarrhea, the most common ones are catching a cold and eating the wrong unclean food. Bloody diarrhea may be caused by hemorrhoids. If you can't feel them with your hands, they may be internal hemorrhoids.

Diarrhea and bloody stool, most people would be scared if they encountered such a thing. If you encounter such a thing, first of all, don't be nervous, because there are many reasons for bleeding in the stool, and bleeding caused by internal hemorrhoids is the most common. Everyone must treat such things calmly.

There are many causes of blood in the stool. All diseases that cause vomiting blood can cause blood in the stool. Lower gastrointestinal diseases such as bacterial dysentery, amyloid dysentery, ulcerative colitis, intestinal tuberculosis, colon and rectal polyps or cancer, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, etc. can all cause blood in the stool. Hemorrhoid bleeding is often the same. The bleeding site is the same as the blood in the stool, and the color is also the same as that of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by blood in the stool is mostly tarry or black; lower gastrointestinal bleeding caused by blood in the stool is dark red or bright red.

When the stool is black or bright red, it is considered bloody in the stool and the following reasons should be excluded:

1. Black stools when taking certain herbs, charcoal, iron, or sodium tablets

2. Black stools when eating too much meat, pork liver, animal blood or spinach

3. Oral phenolphthalein preparations cause bright red stools

2. Classification and common diseases

1. Classification by lesion site

(1) Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: common in gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, liver cirrhosis, esophageal and gastric tumors, etc.

(2) Lower gastrointestinal bleeding: common in anal fissures, hemorrhoids, anal fistulas, chronic colitis, bacterial dysentery, amoebic dysentery, colon or rectal polyps, tumors, etc.

(3) Systemic diseases: common in blood diseases, uremia, typhoid fever, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, leptospirosis, etc.

2. Classification by characteristics of blood in stool

(1) Bright red mixed with feces: common in anal and rectal bleeding

(2) Bright red mixed with stool: indicates lower gastrointestinal bleeding including various inflammations and tumors

(3) Black stools: indicates upper gastrointestinal bleeding including peptic ulcer, cirrhosis, inflammation and tumors, etc.

The above explains to you what diarrhea and bloody stools cause. I hope you can understand it well after reading it. There are many reasons for diarrhea and bleeding, but the best case is to go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment. If the bleeding problem is caused by internal hemorrhoids, just make some adjustments to your diet.