STOOLS, BLOOD IN

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Symptom Definition

• Blood-colored material mixed in with the stool, on the surface or passed separately.
• Blood in the stools is usually bright red.
• Blood from bleeding in the stomach comes out tar-black.

Cause

• Main Cause: anal fissure

See More Appropriate Topic (instead of this one) If

• Also has diarrhea, see DIARRHEA

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Pediatric SelfCareNavigator. Copyright © 2000-2004 Barton Schmitt, M.D. FAAP

Reviewed 8/2004

Revised 7/2004

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