Why do I bleed after I poop?!


Question: Why do I bleed after I poop?
This has been happening around 2 weeks now. When I wipe, there is only bright red blood on the paper. At first it was really painful and itchy, but these past few days I've not been hard and I've not had any pains after I've gone. I've been researching it and I'm panicking that it could be cancer. I've tried to book myself into the doctors but they don't have any free appointments for another two weeks. What do I do?

Answers:

Relax, Sweetie. Bright red blood is new blood, which is good. What you don't want to see is dark maroon-brown blood, since that's old blood.

It sounds like you have a hemorrhoid or 2. Doctors see these every single day. The doctor will give you some medicine and then you'll be all better.

No worries! ;)

Nurse.



Don't panic - I get this sometimes and it's your straining or the size and consistency of the poo that splits the skin on your back passage, when heals it gets itchy and then recracks back open when straining or pooing :) could also have piles aswell that's treated with anusol cream , take care xx

Pregnancy does all this to you!! X



Try a laxative to soften your stool.

You may have been constipated and tore a little. Now when you have a bowel movement it will reopen and bleed again.

Take something like Exlax to soften your bowel movements until it heals.



go to the hospital ASAP. That fact the your bleeding there can mean internal bleeding and that is really really bad. Try and think if you made any chance to your diet recently that could have effected you.



That's an open cut in your poop or its really dry, try using a witch hazel tuck after you poop.



Bright blood could most likely mean hemroids. Go get checked.



Pushing to hard.




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