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Causes of Rectal bleeding

This section discusses 267 medical conditions causing Rectal bleeding. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Rectal bleeding:

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

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Rectal bleeding:

The following list of conditions have 'Rectal 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.

A

  • Abdominal Cancer ... blood in stool
  • Abdominal Neoplasms ... blood in stool
  • Acinic cell carcinoma ... blood in stool
  • Acorn poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Acute Gastritis ... blood in stool
  • Adenocarcinoid tumor ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Adenomatous Polyposis of the Colon, autosomal dominant ... blood in stool
  • Amebiasis ... Bloody stool
  • Amebic dysentery ... blood in stool
  • Amoebiasis ... blood in stool
  • Amyloidosis, familial cutaneous ... blood in stool
  • Anal Cancer ... rectal bleeding, anal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Anal fissure ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, bright red blood on toilet paper, bleeding when passing stool, bleeding when passing stool, blood in diapers, blood in diapers
  • Aplastic anemia ... blood in stool
  • Attenuated familial polyposis ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool

    B

  • Back tumour ... blood in stools
  • Balantidiasis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Baneberry poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Black locust poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Bowel Obstruction ... blood-stained mucus passed
  • Breynia officinalis poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Bushmaster poisoning ... rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea
  • Buttercup poisoning ... bloody diarrhea

    C

  • Campylobacter food poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Campylobacter jejuni infection ... bloody diarrhea
  • Cervical Cancer ... blood in stool
  • Chancroid ... rectal bleeding
  • Chemical poisoning - Anti-rust products ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Anticoagulant rodenticide ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Asphalt ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Automatic dishwashing detergent ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Brodifacoum ... blood in feces
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromadiolone ... blood in feces
  • Chemical poisoning - Caulking products ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorine ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Clinitest tablet ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chemical poisoning - Cloth Dyes ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Diesel oil ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Drain Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Drainpipe Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Dye remover ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Emulsion paints ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Furniture polish ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Hair Bleach ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chemical poisoning - Hair Dye ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chemical poisoning - Jewelry cleaner ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Lacquer ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Lighter fluid ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Metal cleaner ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Metal polish ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Mould remover ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Oven Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Pool Cleaners ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Tar remover ... blood in stool
  • Chemical poisoning - Window cleaner ... blood in stool
  • China Tree poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chlorophacinone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Christmas Rose poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Chronic inflammatory diarrhea ... Blood in the stool
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... blood in stool
  • Colibacillosis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Colitis ... blood in stool
  • Colon Cancer, Familial ... blood in stool
  • Colonic Inertia ... bleeding from the anus
  • Colorectal adenomatous polyposis, dominant ... blood in stool
  • Colorectal adenomatous polyposis, recessive ... blood in stool
  • Colorectal cancer ... blood in stool
  • Colorectal Polyps ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Congenital aplastic anemia ... blood in stool
  • Congenital megacolon ... blood-streaked stool
  • Coumachlor rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Coumafuryl rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Coumatetralyl rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Crohn's disease ... rectal bleeding, Bleeding from the rectum

    D

  • D-plus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) ... bloody diarrhea
  • Defibrination syndrome ... Blood in the stool
  • Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli ... bloody diarrhea
  • Difenacoum rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Difethialone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Digestive duplication ... bloody stool
  • Diphacinone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Diverticular Disease ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Dysentery ... bloody stool

    E

  • E-coli food poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Ebola ... bloody diarrhea
  • Enteroaggregative E. Coli infection ... blood in stool
  • Enterocolitis ... rectal bleeding
  • Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli infection ... blood in stool
  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli Infection ... Bloody stools
  • Enteroinvasive E. Coli infection ... blood in stool
  • Enteropathogenic E. Coli infection ... bloody diarrhea
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 ... bloody diarrhea
  • Esophageal varices ... blackened blood in feces

    F

  • Familial adenomatous polyposis, autosomal dominant ... blood in stool
  • Familial Colorectal Cancer ... blood in stool, Occult bleeding
  • Familial Intestinal Polyposis ... blood in stool
  • Familial Multiple Polyposis ... blood in stool
  • Familial polyposis ... blood in stool
  • Familial polyposis - classical ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Familial polyposis, autosomal recessive ... rectal bleeding
  • Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia ... blood in stool
  • Finale rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Fissures ... Rectal bleeding
  • Flocoumafen rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Folgorat rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Food allergies ... blood in the stool
  • Food poisoning ... bloody stool

    G

  • Gardner syndrome ... bloody diarrhea
  • Gastritis ... blood in stool
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, blood in stool, blood on toilet paper
  • Gastrointestinal mucormycosis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Gastrointestinal neoplasm ... blood in stool
  • Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ... blood in stool
  • Gastrointestinal zygomycosis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Glory lily poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Gonorrhea ... blood in stool

    H

  • Havoc rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Helicobacter cinaedi infection ... blood in stool
  • Helicobacter fenneliae infection ... blood in stool
  • HELLP syndrome ... blood in stools
  • Helminthiasis ... bloody diarrhea
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome ... bloody diarrhea, blood in stool
  • Hemorrhagic proctocolitis ... blood in stool
  • Hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome ... bloody diarrhea
  • Hemorrhoids ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool, blood on toilet paper
  • Henoch-Schönlein purpura ... blood in stool
  • Hereditary colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding
  • Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer ... rectal bleeding, Occult bleeding
  • Hereditary Polyposis Coli ... blood in stool
  • Hochenegg ulcer ... blood in feces
  • Hookworm ... blood in stool

    I

  • Indandione rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Intestinal Conditions ... Blood in the stools
  • Intestinal Flu ... blood in stool
  • Intestinal obstruction ... blood-stained mucus passed
  • Intussusception ... blood in feces

    J

  • Jessamine poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Juvenile polyposis of infancy ... rectal bleeding
  • Juvenile polyposis syndrome, infantile form ... rectal bleeding

    K

  • Keratosis palmoplantaris - adenocarcinoma of the colon ... blood in stool
  • Klerat rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces

    L

  • Lenten rose poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue ... blood in stool
  • Lynch syndrome I ... rectal bleeding
  • Lynch syndrome II ... rectal bleeding
  • Lynch syndrome type I ... Rectal bleeding.
  • Lynch syndrome type II ... Rectal bleeding.

    M

  • Marsh marigold poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Matikus rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Microscopic collagenous colitis ... Rectal bleeding
  • Microscopic lymphocytic colitis ... rectal bleeding
  • Microscopic ulcerative colitis ... rectal bleeding
  • Mouser rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • MSI-H colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding
  • MSI-L colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding
  • MSS colorectal cancer ... Occult bleeding

    N

  • NASH syndrome ... blood in stool
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis ... blood in stool
  • Neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal ... blood in stool
  • Nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, familial ... rectal bleeding

    O

  • Oak poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Oleander poisoning ... bloody diarrhea

    P

  • Pancytopenia ... rectal bleeding
  • Pelvic lipomatosis ... rectal bleeding
  • Peptic Ulcer ... blood in stool
  • Pindone rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Plant poisoning - Anthraquinone ... bloody diarrhea
  • Plant poisoning - Tannin ... bloody diarrhea
  • Plant poisoning - Tetranortriterpene ... bloody diarrhea
  • Plexosarcoma ... blood in stool
  • Polyarteritis ... blood in the stools
  • Polyposis, Adenomatous Intestinal, autosomal dominant ... blood in stool
  • Portal hypertension ... blood in stool
  • Portal thrombosis ... blood in stool
  • Portal vein thrombosis ... blood in stool
  • Privet poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Proctitis ... rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea, blood in stool
  • Protozoan Conditions ... Blood per rectum
  • Pseudomembranous Colitis ... Bloody or watery diarrhoea

    R

  • Rambaud-Galian syndrome ... rectal bleeding
  • Ratak Plus rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Rectal cancer ... blood in stool
  • Rectal prolapse ... blood in stool
  • Rectosigmoid neoplasm ... rectal bleeding, blood in stool
  • Rhodococcus equi ... bloody diarrhea
  • Rib Tumor ... blood in stools
  • Rodend rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces

    S

  • Schistosomiasis ... blood in stool
  • Shigella boydii infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigella dysenteriae infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigella flexneri infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigella sonnei infection ... blood in stool
  • Shigellosis ... bloody diarrhea, bloody stool
  • Small Intestine Cancer ... blood in stool
  • Small intestine cancer, adult ... blood in stool
  • Stomach cancer ... blood in stool
  • Stomach cancer, familial ... blood in stool

    T

  • Talon rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Thrombasthenia ... blood in stool
  • Thrombocytopathy ... blood in stool
  • Thrombocytopenia ... blood in stool
  • Toxic mushrooms - Gastrointestinal irritant ... bloody diarrhea
  • Turcot syndrome ... rectal bleeding
  • Typhoid fever ... blood in diarrhea

    U

  • Ulcerative colitis ... Rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea, blood in stool

    V

  • Variceal Bleeding ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio alginolyticus ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio damsela ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio fluvialis ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio furnissii ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio holisae ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio metschnikovii ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio mimicus ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio infection - Vibrio parahaemolyticus ... blood in stool
  • Vibrio mimicus food poisoning ... bloody diarrhea
  • Vibrio vulnificus infection ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Viral digestive infections ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Volak rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Volid rodenticide poisoning ... blood in feces
  • Vulvar cancer ... Rectal bleeding

    W

  • Wheat intolerance ... Bloody diarrhoea
  • Whipworm ... bloody diarrhea, bloody stools
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ... bloody diarrhea
  • Worm conditions ... Bloody diarrhoea

    Y

  • Yersiniosis ... bloody diarrhea

    Z

  • Zellweger Syndrome ... blood stool during infancy

    Conditions listing medical complications: Rectal bleeding:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Rectal bleeding' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    B

  • Bannayan-Zonana syndrome ... rectal bleeding

    C

  • Caterpillar complication poisoning ... blood in stool
  • Constipation ... rectal bleeding

    E

  • Essential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia ... blood in stool

    More Information About Rectal bleeding

    List of 267 causes of Rectal bleeding

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Rectal bleeding in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Rectal bleeding

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Rectal bleeding as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 57 drug side effect causes of Rectal bleeding]

    Drug interaction causes of Rectal bleeding:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Rectal bleeding.

    • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Mevacor (Lovastatin) interaction
    • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Advil (Ibuprofen) interaction
    • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Motrin (Ibuprofen) interaction
    • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Nuprinl (Ibuprofen) interaction
    • Coumadin (Warfarin) and Aleve (Naproxen) interaction
    [See detailed list of 87 drug interaction causes of Rectal bleeding]

    Medical Textbooks about Rectal bleeding

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Rectal bleeding. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Rectal bleeding (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • MELENA
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • RECTAL PAIN
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • Melena
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Rectal pain
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Melena
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Rectal pain
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Rectal Bleeding
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Melena
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Melena
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Rectal pain
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Melena
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
     

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