For a year and a half now I have noticed blood on my toilet paper when wiping. I didn’t do anything about it out of embarrassment and fear until 5 months ago.

Five months ago I went into winter break from college fine. Regular bowel movements, etc etc.

I have always had a somewhat noisy stomach since I noticed blood on my toilet paper, but once again, didn’t really think anything of it. But as my 5 week break came to a close I noticed my stomach making high pitched noises while laying down and that I had become constipated.

It seemed to have happened over night!

My stomach went from being completely flat to bloated and full of crap!

I have never had problem with digestion, for the most part I lived a normal and healthy life.

5 months later I am still plagued with this problem. While it is not as bad as it was, seeing that I am having a bowel movement almost daily. I am wondering if I have an obstruction?

I ask that because I sometimes find it hard to pass gas! I have no pains or anything at all. It’s just being gassy, noisy stomach, and low to mild constipation.

Could I possibly have a bowel obstruction caused by internal hemorrhoids? Or maybe some other kind of problem?

i first noticed this about a month and a half ago when i checked to notice i had red stool, after a few weeks i went to the doctor to get it checked out in which he said it was internal hemorrhoids, he told i should use epsom salt and cream similar to preparation h, well i’ve been using it and taking baths every now and then when i got a chance to but my stool still has blood in it

sometimes the blood will not be there for a day or two, then it will come back, it is sometimes looks like tiny spots of blood on the stool and sometimes its at the very top of the stool around one to two inch’s wide (a spot of blood that is), it appears mostly as a darkish redish color, sometimes a light red (sort of pink) color,

i am wondering how long it takes for these to go away..

I went to the washroom and everything felt fine no pain nor strain during my bowel movement, but I looked down in the toilet and it was just bright red, then when I wiped my bottom the toilet paper was pure blood. I had not ingest beets, tomatoes or any sort of supplements, so i went to a walk in clinic, the doctor asked me some questions, touched my belly and asked me for a urine sample, then she wrote up a prescription and referred me to the ER in case it happens again. 2 days later (I was constipated) I finally have bowel movements and so I check in the toilet, again bright red so I went to the ER. The doc from ER took blood samples (results were normal) and examined my rectum..both doctors I went to believe it was "most likely" internal hemorrhoids but isn’t that suppose to hurt ? I felt no pain at all and had not been constipated till these past 2 days…I am just frustrated that they haven’t told me specifically what is wrong with me instead just the possibilities (colon cancer is ruled out since I am only 20) and keep sending me home with prescriptions and tell me to wait a few days exactly how long am I suppose to keep monitoring myself when there is an alarming amount of blood that keeps reappearing. Does anyone know what is wrong with me?

My friend Beka has been sick for many many months. She has been going for testing and the Doctors cannot find a reason as yet to what is causing her issues. We are concerned that there is a hidden disease that is being masked by smaller aliments that are a symptom rather than the cause itself. If anyone has experienced the following issues or know of anything to test for please let us know. We’ve tried www.webmd.com and other such sites but we can’t point to the origin yet so we don’t know what to search under. Here’s a time-line.

Oct. 2010 (7 months ago)
First symptoms:
-Developed Singles, given antibiotics (acyclovir and ciproflaxen) which cause C-Diff. Have had intermittent rectal bleeding since.

Feb 2011 (3 months ago)
-developed Pneumonia, was given the antibiotic Z-Pak.

All during this time line she had experienced abdominal cramps (bad cramps), frequent vomiting, night sweats, general weakness, anemia, dizziness. She has also experiences around 3 times, both hands suddenly turning smurf blue for several minutes and then returning to normal.

She was referred to a gastroenterologist in feb, and the doctor has ordered multiple tests and here are the results
First Tests
Blood test and EGD, stool:
Results were severely elevated ALTS and LFTS, and the EGD found erosion of the esophagus, a hiatal hernia [moderate]. And stomach was very inflamed- Doctor took a biopsy of the stomach. Confirmed H.Pylori.
Was Prescribed amoxicillin and vancymyocene(?). Initial blood test did not show the infection from H. Pylori and neither did a stool test.

Start of March
Colonoscopy, blood:
ALTS and LFTS were still elevated
Colonoscopy showed internal hemorrhoids (small).

April
Sigmoidoscopy
Hemorrhoids are now moderate (increased in less than 2 weeks), Hiatal Hernia increased in size as well to just under sever.

Hydascan-
gallbladder was functioning at a slow but normal rate (40% were 35% is considered normal)

Between the Colonoscopy and the Sigmoidoscopy (2 week time frame) she lost 8 pounds, and when the hemorrhoids and hernia increased in size as well.

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Patient History
Beka is Rh(neg) and has had 3 children. She has also has bacterial Pneumonia that has left her lungs with scarring but has not affected her life style, weighs 125 currently, is 33 yo, and does not smoke or drink. deadly allergic to bees. She was diagnosed with ovarian cysts in early 2010 when one ruptured while she was at work and had to be taken to the hospital. Her urine is really dark (almost orange) all the time.

Family History-
father died of leukemia before she was born.
Grandfather on maternal side- died of prostate cancer.
Paternal Grandfather died of throat cancer.
Maternal Uncle currently has colon cancer
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Beka’s sister in law is an OBGYN, her Doctors, and all of us think there is some underlying disease or issue that caused the Shingles to appear. She is scheduled for an upcoming Liver Biopsy and MRCP.

Right now her Doctors are at a loss and the bloods tests are not pointing to anything. They are concerned about moving to fast with her, but me and her sister in law think they need to get more aggressive. They have ruled out hepatitis.
If anyone has known anyone with similar experiences or know of other diagnostic testing that might pinpoint an issue please reply! The Doctors just aren’t finding anything and I’m afraid where we’re in a small rural community that they might be missing something that is not common here or isn’t seen as much due to small populations! We’ve checked the Liver, gallbladder, colon, small bowel, stomach, esophagus and haven’t found anything!

I am also concerned about the validity of the results of these tests since the H.Pylori was only found due to the stomach biopsy, if some infection or something could be hidden and the blood, stool tests just missing them completely.

Not to borrow trouble but if it is something serious we want to find out now and fight it before it becomes life threatening. Any help is greatly appreciated. If anyone needs more info please just ask.
thank you for the response what do you mean it is not standard i was given 2 different antiobiotics to take for 10 days and have to go have a breath test done to confirm if the h plori is gone and i believe the other prescribtion was clarithmicin… i still have the nausea and the abdominal cramps, my liver is still highly elevated .. again i am not a doctor but i do not seem to be finding the answers …. and what is crohns ? by the way this is beka speaking

A year ago I started to have pain in my rectum. I had no insurance at the time but I got help from charity care. I got a colonoscopy and had polyps removed. They said I had internal hemorrhoids and a fissure. I had operation for fissure and then later for the roids. I had insurance for the surgery but the insurance would not cover it. Meanwhile I still have pain and I owe thousands of dollars that I don’t have. How can I get around this?