First off, I'm a 22 year old male of average health. About a month ago I started having pains in the upper right quadrant of my stomach. I figured it was gall bladder related, but went to the ER when I couldn't stand the pain any longer. After forming their own opinions, they told me they thought it was an inflamed gall bladder and that I need to keep away from the greasy fatty foods.

Did that, and the pain left. I'm not sure how relevant that is to my new problem, but it can't hurt to expand on it. On to the current problem.


Last night I had a bowel movement that contained what appeared to be blood, and quite a bit of mucus. Half of the stool was fine with no blood or other defects, but the later half looked to be soaked red all the way through. It was also considerably softer, but didn't appear to be a separate bowel movement.

The redness was extremely bright like fresh blood, but it was mixed into the softer stool. Almost like if it were blood, it was absorbed by the stool for the most part. After looking closer (blech!), there were little circular shaped specs of red that could probably pass for human tissue. This was also when I noticed stringy mucus that could almost be mistaken for hair.

Today my stomach has felt a little odd with light pains occurring randomly through out my entire lower abdomen, but I had a bowel movement that seemed perfectly fine with no hint of blood at all. I have eaten a lot of red foods, and drank a lot of red liquids. However, doing so is common for me, and I've never had such problems.


I know the short answer is go see a doc, but I've already got enough debt to bankrupt a small country. I literally can not afford another visit unless it's immediate life or death, and I'm looking for specific possibilities.

Any help is very much appreciated.