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What Causes Rectal Bleeding?
Question: I was taken to hospital by ambulance after having an MVA due to the sudden inability to focus my eyes. I ended up jumping a curb, hitting a tree and ending up against a building. I was in hospital 5 days during which time I bled fresh blood profusely from my rectum, along with foul smelling diahrrea-like stool. The cramping in my stomach was unbearable. I was finally given a colonoscopy, after which I was told I had colitis. No explanation as to what caused it, if it will recur, or how to treat it.
I am 78 years old, never had such a thing before, and have had two months of stress during which my home was flooded by a leaky pipe in the wall of my laundry room.
I am feeling better, although slightly weak, but am uncertain as to what I can or cannot eat, so mostly I drink water.
I am 78 years old, never had such a thing before, and have had two months of stress during which my home was flooded by a leaky pipe in the wall of my laundry room.
I am feeling better, although slightly weak, but am uncertain as to what I can or cannot eat, so mostly I drink water.
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Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about this MVA that you got caught up in. I hope your vision has been evaluated and cleared for you to again drive without getting bothered by such risk.
Colitis can cause rectal bleeding. Treatment greatly depends on the cause. If you are feeling better, I think the cause was treated. There are no specific guidelines as to what to eat and what not to eat following a colitis episode. I will recommend you eat all that you used to eat before and observe whether you would witness any abnormalities. This bleeding was not caused by a specific diet and should not stop you from eating like you used to before this incident.
Feeling weak may be explained by the profuse blood loss that might have caused anemia. Was your blood count checked and did you receive any pills to replenish iron? Let me hear from you about this.
In all, eat all that you were used to eating before the incidence. There is no specific diet type for colitis unless suggested so. Stress is not a cause of colitis and rectal bleeding.
I hope this addresses your query fully. I wish you well and thank you so much for using our services. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.
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Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about this MVA that you got caught up in. I hope your vision has been evaluated and cleared for you to again drive without getting bothered by such risk.
Colitis can cause rectal bleeding. Treatment greatly depends on the cause. If you are feeling better, I think the cause was treated. There are no specific guidelines as to what to eat and what not to eat following a colitis episode. I will recommend you eat all that you used to eat before and observe whether you would witness any abnormalities. This bleeding was not caused by a specific diet and should not stop you from eating like you used to before this incident.
Feeling weak may be explained by the profuse blood loss that might have caused anemia. Was your blood count checked and did you receive any pills to replenish iron? Let me hear from you about this.
In all, eat all that you were used to eating before the incidence. There is no specific diet type for colitis unless suggested so. Stress is not a cause of colitis and rectal bleeding.
I hope this addresses your query fully. I wish you well and thank you so much for using our services. Feel free to ask for more information and clarifications if need be.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
My biggest concern is what caused me to black out? Is it colitis related? Could I have lost a lot of blood prior to this event? My stomach had been distended for a couple days.
I have lost my confidence to drive, in the event it recurs with more serious consequences.
I have lost my confidence to drive, in the event it recurs with more serious consequences.
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Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for following up with me. What caused you to have this black out is totally unknown to me. We have a list of endless possibilities like heart diseases, brain diseases, blood diseases, etc. Only continued efforts may be able to identify a cause but in most cases, it would be difficult to get the cause right now. It may require some more signs and symptoms to help orient diagnostic options because they are very vague now.
I will also advice you stay prudent should you must drive. Give your doctors sometime to come up with something and should nothing be identified, you would start driving again with the prospects that this was transient phenomenon.
I hope this helps.
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Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for following up with me. What caused you to have this black out is totally unknown to me. We have a list of endless possibilities like heart diseases, brain diseases, blood diseases, etc. Only continued efforts may be able to identify a cause but in most cases, it would be difficult to get the cause right now. It may require some more signs and symptoms to help orient diagnostic options because they are very vague now.
I will also advice you stay prudent should you must drive. Give your doctors sometime to come up with something and should nothing be identified, you would start driving again with the prospects that this was transient phenomenon.
I hope this helps.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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