Rectal Bleeding information, causes, symptoms and treatments

Dr. Erin Dettrey of Gastroenterology Associates of York (www.gastroyork.com) explains causes, symptoms and diseases associated with rectal bleeding, or blood in the stool. Various gastrointestinal concerns can often be associated with rectal bleeding. Be sure to view other educational videos from Gastroenterology Associates of York at www.gastroyork.com.

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Education

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• colon cancer
• colonoscopy
• gastroenterology
• rectal bleeding
• blood in stool
• stomach bleeding
• diverticulosis
• ulceritis

[baruavice]

Jerry Lawler needs to hear about this.

[angelogcs77]

Good Lord, I was already going hypochondriach and fainty aboutthe whole situation... I'll be monitoring this. Thanks.

[funkateer17]

Hey, I've been covering my meals in hot sauce for the last 20 years. Could this have finally taken it's toll on me and cused bleeding?

[munchkinsmomable]

ONE MORE thing...you can't ALWAYS believe that "increasingyour fiber and water intake" will improve your constipation. As in my case, that doctor recommendation only served to exacerbate, compound and increase my constipation to the point of feeling like I was carrying a large brick around inside of me every few days. As hard as giving birth the first time was, it definitely paled in comparison to passing one of those babies.

[munchkinsmomable]

So fissures are NOT painful? Ok, then I misdiagnosed whatever was going on with me between the 10-yr obstipation and the onset of severe UC. I would have EXTREMELY painful spasms after every bowel movement to the point of having to lie down on the couch rocking bath and forth until the spasms would end. I think that was the absolute most horrific part of my GI past. And that was just one horrible symptom. You don't even want to know the rest. So, yeah, I feel/have felt, your pain.

[munchkinsmomable]

@Mrsteddyz But it does make sense that they would remove a section of your intestine that had turned gray...definitely not normal. By unremarkable you mean, non-cancerous? Cuz it sounds pretty remarkable to me for it to have turned gray/ischemic. Very odd that they can't figure it out. I would definitely get a second and third opinion to get to the bottom of that. (no pun intended.)

[munchkinsmomable]

@Mrsteddyz I take 6-Mercaptopurine (Purinethol) and Apriso (Mesalamine) which makes for extremely comfortable bowel movments every time. I can't ever imagine going back to the nearly incessant obstipation and constipation or the opposite which followed, which was very severe ulcerative colitis. I've had at least 16 colonoscopies, most of those over the course of the past 11 years .(Oh, yeah, and a couple of endoscopies/Upper GI series when they thought at one time it could be Crohn's.)

[Mrsteddyz]

@munchkinsmomable over a period of time, it was the same section of intestine, it was ischemic, I don't think they knew what else to do. I've recently stopped eating gluten.  First it was Ibs, then diverticulitis, then crohns, now they think it's celiac disease. haven't gotten the blood work done yet, I'll let you know.

[Mrsteddyz]

@munchkinsmomable The diagnosed me with ischemic colitis, because I think that's all they could say, blood was definately not getting to the intestine, 1 of the 12 colonoscopies, showed bloody, grey, intestine, and after so many hospital visits, they didn't know what else to do, so I said to open me up and look! They tattooed the part that was "infected" and cut it out, it was unremarkable. Now, I have to use enemas everytime I go to the batheroom because I take hycosamine daily.