Bloody diarrhea

Bloody diarrhea: Introduction

Bloody diarrhea: Diarrhea with blood in stool. See free access online books about Bloody diarrhea below. See detailed information below for a list of 73 causes of Bloody diarrhea, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Bloody diarrhea:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Bloody diarrhea. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Some possible causes of bloody diarrhea include:
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Regional enteritis
  • Colitis
  • Rectal bleeding
  • Anal bleeding
  • Blood in stool - blood may appear in diarrhea for any of the causes of bloody stool.
  • Acute digestive infection
  • Chronic digestive infection (see Digestive symptoms)
  • Acute food poisoning
  • Campylobacter food poisoning
  • Salmonella food poisoning
  • Shigella food poisoning
  • E-coli food poisoning
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Crohn's disease
  • Celiac
  • Ichemic colitis
  • Diverticulitis
  • Colorectal cancer
  • CMV - with AIDS or immune compromise
  • See also causes of bloody diarrhea and causes of rectal bleeding
• more causes...»

See full list of 73 causes of Bloody diarrhea

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Bloody diarrhea: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Bloody diarrhea, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Bloody diarrhea and Bloody stool (58 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Abdominal symptoms (57 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Diarrhea (57 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Bowel incontinence (56 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Bowel movements (56 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Bowel problems (56 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Digestive symptoms (56 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Stool symptoms (56 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Stool color (54 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Buttock bleeding (53 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Bleeding symptoms (52 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Nerve symptoms (50 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Pain (50 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Sensations (50 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Abdominal pain (47 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Vomiting (39 causes)
• Bloody diarrhea and Fever (31 causes)
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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Diarrhea (2132 causes)
• Bloody stool (343 causes)
• Bleeding symptoms (1295 causes)
• Stool symptoms (2187 causes)
• Digestive symptoms (4279 causes)
• Abdominal symptoms (3027 causes)
• Bowel incontinence (1914 causes)
• Rectal bleeding (259 causes)
• Bowel problems (2267 causes)
• Bowel movements (2076 causes)
• Stool color (315 causes)
• Anal symptoms (264 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Bloody diarrhea

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Bloody diarrhea:

• Diarrhea (2132 causes)
• Severe diarrhea (14 causes)
• Blood in stool (343 causes)
• Red stool
• Blood in urine (382 causes)
• Rectal bleeding (259 causes)
• Anal bleeding (13 causes)
• Gastroenteritis (36 causes)
• Regional enteritis
• Colitis
• Acute digestive infection
• Chronic digestive infection
• more symptoms...»

Diagnostic Guides for Bloody diarrhea

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Bloody diarrhea: Medical Mistakes

• Crohn's Disease -- Health Mistakes
• Ulcerative Colitis -- Health Mistakes
• Celiac Disease -- Health Mistakes
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Bloody diarrhea: Undiagnosed Conditions

Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Hospitals & Clinics: Bloody diarrhea

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• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
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Bloody diarrhea: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
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  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
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Misdiagnosis and Bloody diarrhea

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often...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 syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other causes that are less...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...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 " digestive...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...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)....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...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer,...read more »

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Bloody diarrhea: Related Rare Diseases

Rare types of medical conditions and diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
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Diagnostic tests for Bloody diarrhea:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Bloody diarrhea. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical examination
  • Temperature
  • Pulse rate and blood pressure lying and sitting to assess the amount of bleeding and fluid loss
  • Look for signs of shock due to massive blood loss and diarrhea (especially if associated with vomiting in children) e.g. cold extremities, clammy skin, shortness of breath, anxiety, low blood pressure, elevated pulse rate
  • Abdominal palpation for mass or tenderness
  • Examine the anal area looking for anal fissure, fistula or abscess which may be associated with Crohn's disease
• more tests...»

See full list of 19 diagnostic tests for Bloody diarrhea

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Bloody diarrhea. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• How long have you been having the bloody diarrhea? - to establish if acute or chronic.
• What is the nature of the diarrhea? - e.g. large volume suggests small bowel disease; small volume suggests large bowel disease.
• What is the frequency of the diarrhea?
• Is it severe bright red bleeding? - presence of severe rectal bleeding with diarrhea would suggest diverticulitis, colon cancer, amebic dysentery, bacillary dysentery.
• Have you had any previous attacks? - may suggest inflammatory bowel disease.
• more questions...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Bloody diarrhea (19 listings)

Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Bloody diarrhea) may include:

• Mucous or pus - would suggest ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, amebic dysentery or bacterial dysentery (e.g. shigella, salmonella, campylobacter jejuni, yersinia enterocolitica, enteroinvasive and enterohemorrhagic E.Coli).
• Vomiting - suggests gastroenteritis or food poisoning.
• Abdominal pain? - may suggest bacterial dysentery, amebic dysentery, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or ischemic colitis. Central colicky abdominal pain indicates involvement of the small bowel e.g. gastroenteritis, while lower abdominal pain points to the large bowel e.g. inflammatory bowel disease.
• Fever? - may suggest bacterial dysentery, amebic dysentery, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis.
• Weight loss? - may suggest colon cancer, Crohn's disease.
• more symptoms...»

See Diagnosis Checklist for Bloody diarrhea (19 listings)

Home Diagnostic Testing and Bloody diarrhea

Home medical tests possibly related to Bloody diarrhea:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
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  • Home Thyroid Gland Function Tests
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  • Home Calcium Deficiency Tests
  • Sleep Apnea Testing
  • Home HIV Tests
• Home Anemia Diagnostic Tests
• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
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Medications or substances causing Bloody diarrhea:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Bloody diarrhea 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.

• Rondomycin
• Methacycline
• Enoxacin
• Enoxin
• Austramycin V
• Latycin 1% Eye Ointment
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Detailed list of causes of Bloody diarrhea

The list below shows some of the causes of Bloody diarrhea mentioned in various sources:

• Acorn poisoning - bloody diarrhea
• Acute digestive infection
• Acute food poisoning
• Anal bleeding
• Anal fissure - bleeding when passing stool
• Balantidiasis - bloody diarrhea
• more causes...»

See full list of 73 causes of Bloody diarrhea

How Common are these Causes of Bloody diarrhea?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Bloody diarrhea. Of the 73 causes of Bloody diarrhea that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 5 causes are "common" diseases
• 3 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 8 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 57 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 73 causes of Bloody diarrhea

Conditions listing symptoms: Bloody diarrhea:

The following list of conditions have 'Bloody diarrhea' 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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Causes of Bloody diarrhea Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Bloody diarrhea based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: