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Q: Anus bleeding

asked by: DoctorQuestion on February 9th, 2008

Hello, I am having "anus bleeding" from past 5 years. i m not loosing my weight nor i felt vomit while eating , i m eating normally but there r some other problems with me like whenever i stool the dark red blood came and then white jelly type thing came and then normal stool.

i just want to ask am i having COLON CANCER or STOMACH CANCER ? plzz help !

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on February 19th, 2008

Colon Cancer Answer A3681

You probably have neither colon cancer nor stomach cancer because if that were true, you would have been dead by now. Furthermore, stomach cancer does not manifested with the presence of red blood in the stool (rectorrhagia). There can be blood present in the stool in cases of stomach cancer... but the stool is black, not red. That is called melena. Colon cancer CAN manifest with rectorrhagia but occult bleeding is more common.

The most common reason for rectorrhagia are hemorrhoids. You can consult an internal medicine specialist or an abdominal surgeon about this for advice and a more precise diagnosis.

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