Anal bleeding
Anal bleeding: Introduction
Anal bleeding: The loss of blood per rectum.
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causes of Anal bleeding, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Anal bleeding:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Anal bleeding.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- MELENA
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Melena
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Hemorrhoids
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Melena
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Rectal pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Melena
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Melena
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Rectal pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Melena
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Anal bleeding: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Anal bleeding
Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder
called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed.
Women with the condition...read more »
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known, irritable bowel...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains a variety of "good"...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,
but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut.
This leads to "...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. ...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed
(it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed with fatal effect).
One of the...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac disease). A...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some...read more »
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Anal bleeding: Related Rare Diseases
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Medications or substances causing Anal bleeding:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Anal bleeding as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Anal bleeding
Organs affected by Anal bleeding:
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Detailed list of causes of Anal bleeding
The list below shows some of the causes of Anal bleeding mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Anal bleeding
How Common are these Causes of Anal bleeding?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Anal bleeding.
Of the 13
causes of Anal bleeding that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 2
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 9
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Anal bleeding
Conditions listing symptoms: Anal bleeding:
The following list of conditions
have 'Anal bleeding' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
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Anal Cancer
... anal bleedingC
Colonic Inertia
... bleeding from the anus
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Causes of Anal bleeding Based on Risk Factors
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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Anal bleeding?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Anal bleeding, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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Medical Conditions associated with Anal bleeding:
Rectal bleeding (229 causes), Anal symptoms (266 causes), Bleeding symptoms (1255 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Bloody stool (229 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes), Stool symptoms (2234 causes), Bowel problems (2317 causes), Stool color (315 causes)
Symptoms related to Anal bleeding:
Anal symptoms (266 causes), Rectal symptoms (266 causes), Rectal bleeding (229 causes), Internal bleeding (3 causes), Anal pain (7 causes), Rectal pain (8 causes), Piles, Hemorrhoids (2 causes), Mass per rectum, Bloody stools (229 causes), Anal fissure
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