First off, I apologize for the awkward question.

I am 21wks pregnant with my first. I have been constipated for a while now and was finally able to go to the bathroom. I had to strain in order to do the deed and when I wiped, I noticed a lot of bright red blood on the toilet paper (there wasn’t any weird discoloration to my bowels itself). It looked as if I had my period. This has happened in the past, but the blood before was just a tiny bit and I figured it was from a bit of external tearing due to the constipation. This time there was a lot of blood. After cleaning up, I check again 5 minutes later and I had not bled anymore. I’ve heard that hemorrhoids are common in pregnancy. Is this something I should be worried about? Thank you for your help.
Thanks ladies for your time and thoughts. I feel better and am not as worried, though I will heed your adivce and talk with my obgyn.

Yeah so..TMI but…
I went to the toilet a few hours ago and found bright red blood on the toilet roll. I went a while later, and it was there again, even though i didn’t poo. I have had a little bit of blood before, but not this much!

I noticed a change in my bowel habits about 1 and a half years ago..I started to go more frequent, like more than once a day! I don’t have diarrhea or constipation though. (Well, very rarely)

I don’t usually have stomach pains, and if i do they are very mild, and go quickly. I sometimes have pains in my bum when im going to the toilet, but again, only quite mild and occasional. Also it itches occasionally, but just for a few seconds.

Do you think i have bowel cancer =’[??
Its such an embarrassing thing to go to the doctor with, especially at 16 years old. Do you think i have to go?
Please help, thanks for any serious answers! =]

i am severely constipated. i have to small external piles around the anus. nothing is hardly coming about but the very edges of my bowels and it comes out runny. ive been drinking miralax and it hasn’t helped. ive been on it since tuesday , today would be my 4th time drinking it. i am dying for relief of constipation and these external hemorrhoids. is this a good idea to drink to get rid of both?

I am 24. I know for sure that I have what is a hemorrhoid. I noticed it because I can feel it, its is kinda painful. So I looked and yeah, its a small round, hard dark lump that can kinda be pushed around. And I can pretty much feel it all the time. I have had it/them for a few weeks. I mentioned it to my doc and he recommended drinking more water and eating more fiber. I do have a history of constipation and so I have increased my fiber intake and have started drinking more water.
But it’s still there. Should I use a OTC cream? any home remedies? Does anal sex cause hemorrhoids? I don’t want to go back to my doc, I wasn’t too please w/ him.

Anything will help. Thanks-

i have had frank blood in my bowel movements. kinda like blood drops. and on my toilet paper too. i have cramps most of the time, most of the time there only small and before and sometimes after a bowel movement. i have irregular periods and breast and bowel cancer runs in my family.

sometimes i switch between constipation and diarrhea. one day i had severe diarrhea and cramping. when i get my period i have severe cramps for the first couple of days.

im 13 and im freaking out because websites i have searched my symptoms on say bowel cancer. im not on any medication but i do (when i remember) have ear drops for an ear infection.

i get gas often (how embarrassing)
and i get really tired all the time
i think i have been dehydrated so maybe that is causing it.
my friend suggests i go on the pill.
iv have literally half the symptoms of bowel cancer.

please help me im really scared.

i know ill probably have to go to the dr so dont say go to the dr/er.

thank you.