What is bleeding from the anus ?
Bleeding from the anus usually you notice when you sit on the toilet. For example, there's blood on the toilet paper. Sometimes there is blood in the stool, or is it going through the feces. You can also just blood (and blood clots) losses, without relief. When the stool is sometimes not only blood, but also mucus.
Each year, one in five people sometimes bloody stools. So it is common.
Other symptoms of bleeding from the anus
Often, in addition to blood loss from the anus also other phenomena. When hemorrhoids and fissures can also suffer from itching, burning and pain. Enteritis may be associated with:
*abdominal pain;
*mucus in the stool;
*fever;
*loss of appetite;
*waste;
*feeling sick;
*fatigue.
Colon cancer can cause symptoms such as:
*loss of appetite;
*waste;
*abdominal pain;
*feeling sick;
*fatigue;
*change in stool (constipation or diarrhea);
*Sometimes anemia by blood loss.
What causes bleeding from the anus ?
Bleeding from the anus can have different causes:
*Hemorrhoids generally are the cause of the blood loss. Hemorrhoids are protrusions of the intestinal mucosa that may protrude. From the anus to the outside They are caused by many presses, hard stools and example, much coughing.
*Blood loss is also common through small cracks in the anus (fissure). This could happen if the stool is too hard. Every time you poops that crack opens again and may drip blood from the toilet bowl.
*A severe gastroenteritis can cause diarrhea in which blood is.
*An STD infection that is transmitted by anal sex can give blood loss from the anus.
*The loss of blood may be a sign of a severe inflammation of the intestinal wall, such as in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. It can therefore sit mucus in the stools.
*Sometimes a benign bulge (diverticulum) of the intestine leads to loss of blood. This is particularly in the elderly.
*Sometimes a polyp, the cause of the blood loss. A polyp is a little swelling of the intestinal mucosa, in the form of a ball or mushroom. Often there are multiple polyps. Most polyps are benign, but some are malignant (cancerous). Over the years
*Some medications can cause bleeding from the anus. example
-Blood thinners such as aspirin or calcium carbasalate.
-Some painkillers such as diclofenac, ibuprofen and naproxen.
-Some antidepressants such as paroxetine, citalopram and fluoxetine.
*Very rarely, cancer is the cause of the blood loss, but that is rare. Of people over the age of 40 that come with bleeding from the anus to the GP, has about 3 in 100 colon cancer. The risk of colorectal cancer is larger:
-if you are older (from about 50 years);
-if someone in your family for the 70th year cancer is detected;
-if the stool has changed (for example, diarrhea or constipation);
-if the blood is mixed by the stool;
-if no abnormalities are visible at the anus.
Often the cause of bleeding from the anus remains unclear.
What next for bleeding from the anus ?
The bleeding from the anus often disappears by itself if you make sure that your stool remains soft and you do not have to squeeze or cough. If the cause of the blood loss is not clear, then further investigation is needed.
Blood tests
Blood tests can help to demonstrate. Infection or anemia
Intestinal Research
If colonoscopy is needed, discuss with you doctor which hospital and which specialist you go. Bowel Pictures give too little information. Therefore, there is almost always a viewing research (spectroscopy) of your intestine done.
*In a colonoscopy, the entire colon viewed with a camera-tube 'that is inserted. Via the anus
*In a sigmoidoscopy, only the end of the large intestine examined. This sometimes happens with a camera tube, and sometimes only with a shorter rigid pipe and a lamp.
For an endoscopy your bowel must be empty. Therefore, you should take a laxative first (usually soluble powder in about 4 liters of water). This gives you a very thin watery stools. You should always go to the bathroom until your bowel is empty and clean.
The colonoscopy takes about 10-15 minutes. During the study, you may suffer from stomach cramps.
When contact with bleeding from the anus ?
Go to your doctor:
*if the bleeding persists;
*if the blood is mixed by the stool;
*if there is mucus in the stool;
*if you lose weight;
*with decreased appetite;
*if you feel sick;
*fever;
*with abdominal pain;
*with alternating diarrhea and constipation.