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What happens when the patient is pooping out bright red blood ONLY but no stool?

What happens when the patient is pooping out bright red blood ONLY but no stool?

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Pooping bright red blood without stool is termed to be rectorhagia.It needs a medical help immediately because a bright red blood is an indicator of active bleeding. If left untreated, patient may land up in hypovolemia leading to shock and death.

It can be an indicator of hemarrhoids where bright red bleeding occurs in a bowel movements. Anal fissure is also similar to it.

The other causes could be cancer ,colitis,polyp,IBS,Diverticulitis which needs medical attention to prevent complications .

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