The fact that you cough with blood, it's terrible and unpleasant. Is this a dangerous state?

If you suddenly notice that you are kicking with blood, the first reaction is fright, even if the blood is a few drops. In the case where the consistency of the stool is not broken, should I see a doctor?

In what cases can blood be observed in the stool?

If the presence of blood in the stool occurs with an increase in temperature, and the stool is liquid, the first thing that can be assumed is the presence of an infectious disease. Diarrhea with blood is a symptom of dysentery.

A liquid stool with blood impurities occurs during amoebiasis or balantidiasis. Both diseases occur if parasites, amoebae or balantidium have penetrated the body.

If you cough with blood, you need to pay attention to its color and quantity. Some conditions in which blood appears in the stool once, are not dangerous.

In addition to simple infections or manifestations of an infectious disease, blood in the feces appears with pathological changes in the intestine. It can be seen when:

• Cracks in the rectum;
• Hemorrhoids;
• Proctitis;
• Crohn's disease;
• The occurrence of tumors and diverticulum in the intestine;
• Bleeding from the upper intestine and stomach;
• After a trauma of a mucous a rectum;
• Taking some medicines as a side effect.

Color of blood in the stool

If you cough up blood, what should you do first? Look at her color.

Black stools (if discoloration is not caused by taking medications or foods) indicates bleeding in the upper intestine and stomach. Also, black stool can occur with varicose veins of the esophagus. Black stool is called melena, most often it has a tar texture. The presence of melena requires immediate medical attention.

A stool of normal consistency with blood veins occurs during Crohn's disease, with ulcerative colitis, in the case when diverticula or tumors have formed in the intestine, which can be both malignant and benign.

If you cough with blood, and it is scarlet, you can assume the presence of cracks in the rectum or hemorrhoids. Blood is excreted during or just after bowel movement.

Many do not believe that when you allocate a small amount of scarlet blood, you need to see a doctor, especially with frequent constipation. In the case of a one-time allocation of blood to a doctor, indeed, no treatment is required. It is enough to remove constipation, and anal fissures will not bother. But when a stool with blood appears constantly, you need to visit a proctologist. There are cases when patients think that bleeding is associated with the phenomena of hemorrhoids, and at this time in the rectum or in the large intestine develops a tumor process.

When you regularly cough with blood, consultation of the proctologist is necessary. A chair with blood is abnormal.

At the child in a feces a blood

If a child slugs mucus with blood on the first day after birth, it is very likely that he swallowed blood during delivery. Infant chair is formed within 72 hours after birth.

If the child is older, the causes of the appearance of blood in the stool can be almost the same as in the adult:

• infectious diseases;
• Ulceration of the intestine;
• Anal fissures caused by obstructed defecation;
• Pathology of the digestive system.

Blood in children's feces can appear and during a dysbacteriosis.

If there is a lot of blood in the stool, the stool is foaming, the child is restless, sluggish, it is absolutely necessary to consult a doctor.