For about two months now, I have been having constipation troubles. I take stool softener but my bowels seem abnormally big and sometimes hard. It hurts like to the point I am in tears and sometimes bleeds. I even had a blood clot yesterday. The blood is a bright red and my bowels are normal colored. I just wanted to get some opinions because I honestly don't want the doctor feeling on my butt!! What else can I do to make my bowels more soft? Obviously my bowels have traumatized my colon area and needs to heal. That is just what I am assuming at this point.
Sorry for the graphic nature of this question. Thanks!
I went to the Dr and he seems to think I am just constipated. So he gave me Miralax. So far my bowels have been twice a day but they still hurt. He said I should see him in two months for a checkup. Thanks for all the info!
SEE A DOCTOR! You can not diagnose or fix this and neither can anyone else here. Do not wait. Go now. A close family member waited for 10 years experiencing a variety of bowel symptoms she was too embarrassed to talk about. After not being able to ignore it any longer she was diagnosed with stage 4 rectal cancer. Scary? YES! It is always easiest to treat any problem sooner rather than later.
Try Miralax. It is not a stimulant and wont "make you go". It just makes the stool a little looser.
This is really serious, honey, and you have to get your head out of the sand. You need a colonoscopy. What you are describing could be cancer.
I know that's in-your-face and scary. I'm sorry not to pussy foot around, but I wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror after what you wrote if I DIDN'T say it.
I am begging you to get to the doctor. Colon cancer is one of the easiest cancers to diagnosis and treat if it is caught early enough, and if it isn't in the anus area or if it hasn't spread outside of the colon. PLEASE go to the hospital today. I am very worried for you.
Dawn
Increase your fiber and water intake. A bowl of Fiber One in the morning, an apple with lunch, a peach as an afternoon snack, and a hearty serving of broccoli with dinner and you'll be pooping like Dr. Oz in no time. Keep up with the stool softeners until things get more regular.
Please call a dr. Blood in your stools is never a good sign. No it's not fun going to the dr and needing to get that checked but it's better to be safe than sorry. If it is something and you ignore it you will be sorry later. My dad did not get checked out for a long time and by the time he went he had stage 3 colon cancer. It might be nothing but PLEASE get checked!!!!
Good luck and God Bless!
You really do need to see a doctor. And when you're describing what's going on you need to know that "stools" are the fecal matter and "bowels" are your large/small intestine.
They will ask if there is blood on the paper, in the bowl or in the stools.
Tell them what you've said here.
It could be constipation and an internal hemorrhoid (sometimes caused by straining to go) or it could be something much more serious. And if it is something serious, the sooner you can treat it the better. Colon cancer is VERY treatable IF caught early.
Now is not the time for modesty.
Please don't make any assumptions. You need to see a gastroenterologist since now you're seeing blood clots. That could be a sign of a lot of things, including fissures, but it could be something else that absolutely must be treated. Please don't take this lightly because you don't want a doctor to see your backside or do a colonoscopy. This could be really serious.
You really should talk with you doctor about it. Whenever you have blood with your bowel movments, you should be concerned. Since it is bright red, it is probably because you are bleeding from the size or straining (sorry) BUT you still need to see your doctor. You do not need to rely on stool softeners. Certainly more water and roughage in your diet could help BUT see your doctor. I cannot stress that enough.
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You really should talk with you doctor about it. Whenever you have blood with your bowel movments, you should be concerned. Since it is bright red, it is probably because you are bleeding from the size or straining (sorry) BUT you still need to see your doctor. You do not need to rely on stool softeners. Certainly more water and roughage in your diet could help BUT see your doctor. I cannot stress that enough.
you need to drink more water at least 6-8 glass a day , put more fiber into your diet and eat an apple a day..really...do it and if not better go see an gastroenteroligst
Get some magnesium tablets and take them at night with a glass of water before you go to bed. It will soften your stool and get you back on track.
Is there anything different you've added or taken away from your diet in the last 2 mos? Some vitamins can clog you up, pain killers, anti depressants, there are many things that can make your bowel become sluggish, lack of exercise, not enough water... etc.
You may have fissuer which is a small tear in your rectum.Go to the doctor he will give you a cream to put on it to help it heal so you can stop that cycle of it hurts to go so I dont want to go. also make sure you are drinking plenty of water and ask the doctor about milk of magnisa it helps a ton. good luck hope you are feeling better soon.
Unfortunately no one on Mamapedia can really help you with this.
This is something that a Dr. needs to help you with.
God Bless and
I hope you feel better soon.
Hurry and find a good proctologist in your area. Good luck!
Please see a doctor. Blood involved means a doctor needs to check if this is more serious than a diet issue. Don't assume you know what is happening inside your body. That's what doctors are trained to diagnose.
How's your fiber and water intake? I suggest one of those powder fiber supplements. Not the pill kind, but the kind that comes in powder form. They work.
Check out a condition called Piles.
Constipation is slightly different from hard/painful bowels. Read up more on each. Stool softners will try to soften whatever comes out. But if you have constipation, then you need something to make it happen first. Blood in stools happens if you have really big hard ones, they kind of tear the tender muscles down there. Unless its something more severe.
Try lots of water, fibrous food (greens, salads), and go lower on proteins for a few days. If your condition improves at all, then you probably need a different regulation of your diet. If there is no help, then please do go to a doctor. You don't want trouble to become big, when its sensitive areas like this!
