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What Causes Spots Of Blood In Stool?
My 86 yr old mother fell next to bed Jan 17. Osteoarthritis. Took to hosp for xrays. No fractures seen. Sched for MRI but pain too intense. Sat 21 taken to a hospice to help with Pain. Too many drugs causing her to be out most of time. Brought her home yesterday. 4 senna given a day. Ok yesterday with bowel movement. Notice twice today spots of blood not really a Howell movement. Overall eats sleeps and feels better at home. Too weak to walk by herself. Give 5 vi odin a day. Have not given meth at night nor Ativan provided
Tue, 30 Sep 2014
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Stool in blood might be due to many different causes. It might be due to gastric or intestinal ulcer by stress or due to any drug. It might be any other intestinal pathology. Cause of this bleeding need further investigations. Visit your doctor for needful.
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Thank you for trusting HCM.
Stool in blood might be due to many different causes. It might be due to gastric or intestinal ulcer by stress or due to any drug. It might be any other intestinal pathology. Cause of this bleeding need further investigations. Visit your doctor for needful.
Regards!
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