Is this normal?
It honestly sounds like a hemorrhoid. Try the preparation h cream, and if that doesn’t work the suppositories. If it’s hemorrhoids that should help with only a dose.
Long term, you should try to reduce the amount of red meats and other fatty meat. Add more fiber to your diet. Beans and other things like brown rice and lentils.
If you are not ready for that kind of adjustment, fiber powders can help to supplement the fiber in your diet.
Also, I’m not a doctor. If you continue to experience these problems please talk to your doctor.
Thanks. I definitely have hemorrhoids. A lot of the time my asshole is bloody and itchy. It sucks.
A lot of the time my asshole is bloody
Then it is too late for the good advice from that comment above. You are at a later stage. You need a doctor ASAP.
My brother/sister/non-binary sibling in Christ!
Asking the Internet for medical advice is never, I repeat: never a good option. The best advice possible that you can get here is go see a doctor. I say that, because there is no way anyone here can do a proper assessment of your situation, so that is the only safe advice. of course, statistically speaking, it’s not likely to be something that will kill you, but we simply cannot tell from here.
My advice: don’t be alarmed too much by all the horror stories you can find, but take it seriously enough to let a qualified health professional take a look at it.
Bright red blood? Probably not a problem but talk to your doctor if it’s persistent
Dark red to black? More serious, anywhere from get-to-the-ER-now to make an appointment asap.
This is the best answer I’ve seen. Basically the color tells you where the bleed is occurring. On/near the surface will be bright red and indicate likely fissures or hemorrhoids, while dark red to black color indicates a bleed further up the digestive tract which can be something much more serious.
Apparently doctors get asked this A LOT and a little red blood when you wipe is very normal. However, best thing to do is talk to your doctor to be on the safe side
go to the doctor.
Going off of your username, probably not. But for real life, and iirc, if it’s red blood, it’s less problematic and if it’s black/dark (from being digested) it’s likely more of an issue. Regardless, this is one for legit doctors.
This is how my wife found out she had colon cancer. Go to a doctor NOW!
Depends what causes it. Red blood is usually from hemorrhoids, which 1/4th of all people have. So in a sense it’s normal, as in common, but you should still get it resolved if you can
No its not normal.
I’ve been told by a gastroenterologist that ANY blood in stool is bad. There should be none. Ever. Go see a doctor
Yes I’ve had that. No it’s not normal. Best case it’s an anal fissure, i.e. a tear in your butthole. If it’s a regular thing that means either it’s not healing or it’s tearing repeatedly. In both cases you need to talk to a doctor and figure out what’s going on.
More likely is hemorrhoids. Also you need to talk to a doctor about that. Even if they seem fine, chances are they’re subtly and infrequently making your life far more miserable than it needs to be.
It could also be several other things, diseases, damage, etc. In all cases you need to talk to your doctor to figure out what it is.
Like if you vomit and there’s blood, there’s a big difference between dark, dried blood, and fresh red blood. But anyway, this can vary vastly in severity, from simply rectal tears near the surface, to Chrohn’s disease or tumors. You may wish to read this page (scroll to lower GI in particular) and it would be good to ask a medical professional and not just Lemmy.
No, not normal at all. Being a patient with UC I can tell you that if blood is bright red, it means it comes from either the colon, rectum, or anus being the latter possibly due to hemorrhoids. If stool is very dark, like almost black, the bleeding is most likely from the upper digestive system being the stomach or esophagus possibly the culprits.
Either way, I strongly suggest you go to a doctor and check what’s going on. Blood on stools is something serious that needs attention immediately.
Ear more fiber. See your doctor. Consider a colonoscopy?
I had that. Went to the doc who booked my to get some internal hemorrhoids banded. Haven’t had a problem since
Not normal. See a doctor, at the very least get the serious problems ruled out.
