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Symptom: Blood in Stool


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Blood in Stool

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  • mid-abdominal pain
  • bloody stools
  • pain exacerbated with eating
  • pain relieved with fasting
  • history of heart disease
  • history of peripheral vascular disease
2
  • painful bowel movements
  • anal itching
  • bright red blood on toilet paper or on stool
  • protruding tissue around anus
3
  • recurrent bloody diarrhea
  • recurrent lower abdominal pain
  • rectal pain
  • fever
  • fatigue
4
  • black tarry stool
  • use of aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs
  • excessive alcohol use
  • upper abdominal discomfort
  • nausea and vomiting
  • abrupt onset of diarrhea
5
  • difficulty swallowing
  • painful swallowing
  • regurgitation of food
  • black tarry stool
  • weight loss
  • loss of appetite
6
  • most commonly over 50 years of age
  • change in bowel habits
  • blood in stool
  • weight loss
  • abdominal pain
  • abdominal swelling
7
  • more common over 50 years of age
  • fever
  • bloody stools
  • left lower abdominal pain
8
  • watery diarrhea with blood and mucus
  • loss of appetite
  • fever
  • loss of weight
  • joint pain
  • red, painful eye
9
  • more common in Mexico, South America and Southwest Africa
  • watery diarrhea with blood or pus
  • abdominal pain
  • nausea and vomiting
  • dehydration
  • fever
10
  • poor sanitary conditions
  • cramping abdominal pain
  • bloody diarrhea
11
  • history of peripheral vascular disease
  • history of heart disease
  • history of atrial fibrillation
  • sudden severe abdominal pain
  • bloody diarrhea
12
  • frequent use of aspirin
  • frequent use of anti-inflammatory drugs
  • bleeding and easy bruising
  • blood in stool
13
  • history of excessive alcohol use
  • vomiting blood
  • black tarry stools
  • right upper abdominal pain
14
  • red lumps on nose, face or mouth
  • nose bleeds
  • black, tarry stools
  • Family history of similar symptoms
15
  • recurrent nose bleeds
  • children or young adults
  • bleeding and easy bruising
  • blood in urine
  • blood in stool
   





Possible medical conditions of Blood in Stool : - mesenteric vascular ischemia - occlusion - ischemic colitis - Crohn's Disease - Ulcerative Colitis - Hemorrhoids - Anal Fissure - Infectious Colitis - Colorectal Cancer - Ischemic Colitis - Gastritis - Peptic Ulcer - Gastric Cancer - Esophagitis - Esophageal Cancer - Esophageal Stricture - Diverticulitis - infectious colitis - ulcerative colitis - Amebiasis - bacillary dysentery - amebic dysentery - aortic aneurysm - bleeding secondary to medication - peptic ulcer disease - esophageal varices - gastric ulcer - gastritis - Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease - idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura - leukemia.



Medical Content Last Updated on 07/12/2008

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