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Blood Clot Seen In The Colostomy Bag Post Colorectal Cancer Surgery
My mother had colorectal cancer her surgery was 6 months ago, surgery went extremely well and recovered she has had a temporaly a colostomy, and she has faced 7 rounds of chemo. Now she is admitted in the hospital, and has seen blood clot in her colostomy bag. What can be the problem?
Wed, 26 Feb 2014
Hi and welcome to HCM. Thanks for the query.
This isnt indicating anything serious and it may be just temporary colon bleeding due to angiodysplasie or polyps. He should do red blood count and if this is normal he should not worry. if there is hemoglobin fall then he must do colonoscopy to verify is there some more serious colon lesion such as tumor recurence or ulcus caused by chemoth.
WIsh you good health. Regards
This isnt indicating anything serious and it may be just temporary colon bleeding due to angiodysplasie or polyps. He should do red blood count and if this is normal he should not worry. if there is hemoglobin fall then he must do colonoscopy to verify is there some more serious colon lesion such as tumor recurence or ulcus caused by chemoth.
WIsh you good health. Regards
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