Post op Bloody Stool

[KrissyNY 12]

Bloody stool I am so nervous because today I have yellowish stool with bright red blood and I’m 20 days post op. I had the loop ds done on August 24th. I am going to the ER 🙏🙏 I don’t know what is wrong ... but no fever thank god !

[catwoman7 11,212]

yellowish stool is often indicative of fat malabsorption - although maybe not always, so it's probably good to ask

bright red blood is usually hemorrhoids or an anal fissure, neither of which are particularly major, so you may be OK there as well - but again, it's good to get it checked (and they'll probably have you treat it regardless, so it's good you're going). Really dark blood can be more worrisome because that means it's coming from much further up the G/I tract.

Edited September 14, 2020 by catwoman7

[tarotcardreader 196]

2 hours ago, KrissyNY said:

Bloody stool I am so nervous because today I have yellowish stool with bright red blood and I’m 20 days post op. I had the loop ds done on August 24th. I am going to the ER 🙏🙏 I don’t know what is wrong ... but no fever thank god !

I hope everything is okay i had long limb rny but my doc told me not to be worried if i had some bloood in my stool when i went home from hospital. I have not had any. Let us know how you are doing. Yellow stool can be a liver issue a food intolerance a gallbladder thing etc catwoman is correct about bright red blood

[STLoser 1,099]

I had bright red stool a few times early on, and it was my hemorrhoids from being on Eliquis, the blood thinner.
Usually bright red stool is from hemmorhoids, but just to be safe I'd mention it to your dr.

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[STLoser 1,099]

*bright red bloody stool

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[RhondaHigdon 41]

On 9/14/2020 at 1:03 PM, catwoman7 said:

yellowish stool is often indicative of fat malabsorption - although maybe not always, so it's probably good to ask

bright red blood is usually hemorrhoids or an anal fissure, neither of which are particularly major, so you may be OK there as well - but again, it's good to get it checked (and they'll probably have you treat it regardless, so it's good you're going). Really dark blood can be more worrisome because that means it's coming from much further up the G/I tract.

good information for future reference. Thanks. I also hope that you are feeling better.