Uh Cancer? (PLEASE ANSWER)?!
Question: yes this is going to be a bit disgusting so if you cant handle reading about stool dont read on.Okay, so for the past couple of months I've been eating healthy cause ive been seeing this nutritionist and eating all fish and vegtables and fruit and the only milk products (beacause im also trying to lose 90 lbs) i can have are yogurt. But lately ive been having trouble.Ive been constipated and when i do go i usually have to use laxatives, fiber powder AND other things. I also bleed too sometimes when i go, i heard this can mean cancer? IS THIS TRUE FOR ME? pleasse help me. Im so sorry its so long.
Answers: yes this is going to be a bit disgusting so if you cant handle reading about stool dont read on.Okay, so for the past couple of months I've been eating healthy cause ive been seeing this nutritionist and eating all fish and vegtables and fruit and the only milk products (beacause im also trying to lose 90 lbs) i can have are yogurt. But lately ive been having trouble.Ive been constipated and when i do go i usually have to use laxatives, fiber powder AND other things. I also bleed too sometimes when i go, i heard this can mean cancer? IS THIS TRUE FOR ME? pleasse help me. Im so sorry its so long.
Constipated stools are of coarse harder than normal, and irritate the passage way out and cause bleeding. One important thing is to make sure you are adequately hydrated. 6 to 8 glasses (8 oz).of non decaffeinated fluid a day is ideal. Your body may not be used to all this roughage and will eventually adapt.
Small amounts of bight red blood is normal if this is the case.
Another cause could be hemorrhoids. Having constipated stool increases the chances of getting them.
Your doctor can order a fecal occult blood test. That is to look for old blood, or blood that can not be seen by the naked eye, that is what is more likely to lead to further testing for cancers in the colon.
If there is a family history and you are over 40 then a base line colonoscopy might be in order if the occult blood test comes back positive.
I would not loose sleep over this, but keep an eye on things.
Good luck to the new you.
not necessarily, sometimes the healthy foods you are eating can cause blood in the stool. Good luck in losing 90 lbs!
your eating alot of roughage and that hard for your intestines so that may be causing the bleeding... now if you are working the laxatives hard you prob need to lay off of them..
that can be normal if it was a sudden change in your diet. if it persists for a while you should talk to your docter about it. chances are its your body getting used to change. good luck with your new diet!
I would see a doctor. It sounds like you are straining to go and that can cause tearing in the skin or fissures. Or possibly hemorrhoids.
I know it's not a pleasant subject, but it's worth calling the doctor about.