What causes bleeding from wiping paper after a bowel movement?



The causes of bleeding after wiping paper after bowel movement may be hemorrhoids, constipation, rectal polyps, ulcerative colitis, colorectal cancer and so on.

1. Hemorrhoids: In most cases, blood in the stool is related to hemorrhoids, especially internal hemorrhoids. The color of hemorrhoidal blood is bright red, and there is usually no obvious pain during defecation. Bleeding may be caused by friction or extrusion of feces, which leads to local venous rupture and bleeding.

2. constipation: the more serious constipation patients will have difficulty defecating, hard defecation led to anal mucosal rupture bleeding, there may be bleeding after wiping the paper.

3. Rectal polyps: most patients with rectal polyps have no obvious symptoms, but a few patients may have blood in the stool, urgency and heaviness (discomfort in the lower abdomen, wanting to defecate, and a feeling of incomplete defecation after defecation), diarrhea, and mucus stools.

4. Ulcerative colitis: the blood in stool is dark red, manifested as mucus, pus and blood stool, accompanied by different degrees of systemic symptoms.

5. Colorectal cancer: blood in stool caused by colorectal cancer is not common, but a small number of patients have blood in stool.

In addition, anal fissure, anal fistula and other anorectal diseases can cause bleeding after wiping paper. It is suggested that if patients find the phenomenon of bleeding after wiping paper with stool, they need to consult a doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease and then carry out systematic and professional treatment.