Can someone explain me though what does blood in stool means? I do see dark brown stool sometimes mixed with light brown or orangish stool but I am not sure if they are blood. Apparently the FOBT test on one stool sample didn't find any blood too.
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Can someone explain me though what does blood in stool means? I do see dark brown stool sometimes mixed with light brown or orangish stool but I am not sure if they are blood. Apparently the FOBT test on one stool sample didn't find any blood too.
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The mixture of colours is just different meals mixing together, not blood.Originally Posted by glittery
A small amount of blood when wiping is considered normal if you have strained to go or if you have a small cut etc, lots of different reasons why it would happen and if I’m honest I have stopped caring when I see it. Same with mucus, with ibs I’ll go through times where I pass a lot of mucus without and stool, this can go on for well over a week for me.
Positive vibes,
Mouse
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I am glad Mouse. Do you have any medicines or anything to improve your IBS?
I never had bleeding before, it all started in January.
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I don’t think I had seen blood before last year either. I try not to eat my trigger foods (at least not when I have somewhere to be) but if I’m stressed out there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s just part of my life really, I beat my health anxiety into a pulp never to get hold of me again a couple years ago.
Mouse
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How did you beat it? How did you end up being more relaxed about it?
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FYI, i just checked my anal area with a torch light and mirror. It seems like I do indeed have an anal fissure, they are on both sides of my anal opening. One cut is 0.5 inch and another is 1 inch, there is also a skin tag next to it.
I am actually happy that I could see the fissure. I heard that fissures can open up every now and then which makes it difficult to heal especially if you have IBS or IBD which keeps irritating that area.
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Quick word of advice: don't fall down the rabbit hole of the sort of self-checks a non-HA person wouldn't do. They can be a horribly hard habit to break.
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true, i wish i could stop obsessing over my stools for now but I keep checking and freaking out
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The easiest way to do it is to just grit your teeth and force yourself to live with the uncertainty.
My pet worry is vaginal bleeding (except when my period's due, at which point I worry obsessively about the absence of vaginal bleeding). All you're going to land up with either way, though, are unhygienic fingers and a sore downstairs area :/
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Time, learning to rationalise my thoughts and identify which ones are anxiety or OCD induced. Then just sitting with the thoughts, not allowing myself to obsess or look for answers. Sometimes things just are, especially with the body.
The body is ever changing, new things happen all the time - it’s only when we are hyper focused and checking every little thing we really notice.
I don’t look for reassurance, I don’t google, I don’t preform checks, and I’m not scared I’ll miss something because when something is wrong it’s known without a doubt, it’s not subtle or something you worry about it’s something that’s very clear.
Positive vibes,
Mouse
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But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep. - Robert Frost
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