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===Clinical and Associated Features=== | ===Clinical and Associated Features=== | ||
*[[Bowel cancer]], [[IBD]] - fresh red blood in stools (possibly [[melaena]] depending on how high up the lesion is) [[weight loss]], [[tiredness]], [[pallor]], [[loss of appetite]] | *[[Bowel cancer]], [[IBD]] - fresh red blood in stools (possibly [[melaena]] depending on how high up the lesion is) [[weight loss]], [[tiredness]], [[pallor]], [[loss of appetite]] | ||
*[[Intestinal ischaemia]] - blood in stool [[abdominal pain]] on digestion (couple of hours after eating), [[weight loss]], [[nausea]], [[vomiting]], | *[[Intestinal ischaemia]] - blood in stool [[abdominal pain]] on digestion (couple of hours after eating), [[weight loss]], [[nausea]], [[vomiting]], [[diarrhoea]], [[tachycardia]], [[constipation]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:45, 16 December 2009
Definition
Bleed per rectum/find blood in your poo. (If you put the blood in the poo afterwards, this does not count. That's just weird.)
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Clinical and Associated Features
- Bowel cancer, IBD - fresh red blood in stools (possibly melaena depending on how high up the lesion is) weight loss, tiredness, pallor, loss of appetite
- Intestinal ischaemia - blood in stool abdominal pain on digestion (couple of hours after eating), weight loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, tachycardia, constipation
Differential Diagnosis
- Serious - bowel cancer, IBD, intestinal ischaemia, meckel's diverticulum
- Less serious - angiodyslasia, haemorrhoids, anal fissure,