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Q: Blood in stool and abdominal pain

asked by: LuisG on December 21st, 2007

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I'm a 16 year old boy with abdominal pains all over. they are sometimes sharp, sometimes dull and achey. I am sometimes a little gassy and have noticed change in my stools, hard and regular, to soft, and smaller. I have been having some headaches and back pains associated with ab pain. I was taken to the doctor because i had blood in my stool, and i did have nausea. This is a week after i went to a local water park, August. They made me do a hidden occult blood in stool test, whatever its called, and a stool culture. I put the red part on both tests. They turned out to be negative. Just today I passed some stool and i saw only a drop of blood (the blood isn't liquidy, its solid and mixed in with the stool). I was wondering if this is something bad, or if i am just making something out of nothing. HELP! Please. I have NO history of cancer in my family, just heart related problems. Thank you for your time Very Happy

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MandMs

replied on December 24th, 2007

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Did all your symptoms start in august and continue to be present constantly up to today?
Do you have alternating stool pattern (constipation replaced with diarrhea and vice versa)?

LuisG

replied on December 24th, 2007

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MandMs wrote:

Did all your symptoms start in august and continue to be present constantly up to today?
Do you have alternating stool pattern (constipation replaced with diarrhea and vice versa)?

No, it actually stopped for a month or two, I didn't see any blood. My doctor gave me fiber pills, saying it could be something stuck in one side of my colon (he did this weird test where he tapped my stomach, one side was solid, the other hollow) and he said it was painful because I had trapped gas on the paining side and so I took fiber. I stopped taking it, and for a while i was good. Then it started again a couple days back. And no, I have diarreha about once a month( I eat A LOT of food xD) i've been regular this whole month.

MandMs

replied on January 14th, 2008

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Hi, Luisg!

How do you feel?
Are you free of abdominal pains now?
Did you bowel movements get normal?

LuisG

replied on January 31st, 2008

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Re: Hi, Luisg!

MandMs wrote:

How do you feel?
Are you free of abdominal pains now?
Did you bowel movements get normal?

Nope i rarely ever get abdominal pains now, and i just had diarrhea, but it was half diarrhea and half regular. I do eat many fatty foods and greasy foods and dont excercise much. But other than that i feel fine. No redness either just pink when wiping, i do eat a lot of hot cheetos and red stuff so i think that might be it since the doctor made the stool culture and occult blood sample WITH the red parts on each of the samples.

ColonBowel

replied on February 13th, 2008

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Unless you undergo a colonoscopy you can't rule out a serious disease such as cancer. Any amount of blood in stool requires investigation by a professional.

hummingbird1016

replied on August 30th, 2008

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Blood in stool and abdominal pain, and urine is kinda dark.

my question is this is happening to my husband. He started hurting in his lower stomach, about a week ago. Now he started having blood in his stool about 2 to 3 days ago. It's bright red, and he said sometimes it's a lot. Now this mouring he said his urine is kinda dark. What should we do???? PLEASE help me.

dgrubb3

replied on February 7th, 2009

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Following Up

I am having similar issues. I am only 24, and obviously very concerned. Were you able to find anything out?

nvmom3

replied on April 24th, 2009

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same kind of symptoms

I am 28 years old and have been having blood in my stools and quite a bit on the toilet tissue, as well as passing blood with gas for about 2 weeks, I am also experiencing abdominal pain and dizziness I am concerned and have finally called my doc but no response yet. should i be worried? how long should I wait for a call back?

onlyme1

replied on June 13th, 2009

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Im 29. been having blood in my stool for about 7 months- went the doctor about 3 weeks ago and he said it wasnt unnormal for blood at my age, he did internal and external exam and found it all to be normal. 2 days later i had loads of bright red blood dripping from my anus- went back doctors (diff doc) who has referred me too get a camera exam.he said it would be 2 weeks or so- yesterday i was rushed into hossy with stomach pains, which later calmed down, they did blood test's and urine tests etc and all was normal, and again did internal and external and they said was all fine. i have also lost about 1 stone in 2 weeks. i wil be having this camera exam in 1 week and very worried , any1 got any info about this?

Fujikan

replied on September 2nd, 2009

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Luisg I also have been having back pain and stomach pain in abdomen on my lower right side sometimes it alternatesto lower left side with jelly red blood in stool. This has been going on for 8 months or more I have had sonogram cat scan blood test stool test and they tell me everything is normal I haven't had a colonoscopy but I think that will the next thing I do. By the way I'm 33 of age. I don't get any back pain when I walk but when I sit or lay on my back it feels so sore and discomfort. I'll let you how the colonoscopy turns out. A week ago my bottom right side of abdomen felt sore to touch. Man hopefully they find the problem this time ; )

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