What Are The Causes Of Bloody Stool?
What are the most likely possibilities and what should you do about it? In very general terms, bloody stool means that there’s some sort of injury or disorder located somewhere in your digestive tract. Unfortunately, that doesn’t narrow things down very much, because your digestive tract can refer to almost any location between your mouth and your anus. One of the ways that you and your doctor can start to zero in on the likely location of the problem is by the color of the blood. As a rule, the closer the source of bleeding is to the anus, the brighter red the blood will be. This is because the bacteria in your digestive system works to break down the blood as it passes through. So the longer blood stays in your digestive tract, the darker it will become. The color of the bloody stool can range from bright red through maroon and black, all the way to occult (or hidden). There is a great deal of emphasis on the color because this is how your doctor will begin to diagnose the causes of
