Blood in stool is the most common symptom of hemorrhoids, and many people are used to it, but blood in stool can also be a symptom of colorectal cancer, and we have seen many patients often mistake blood in stool for hemorrhoids and delay the diagnosis and the best treatment time, and even lose their precious lives for nothing. So, is blood in stool hemorrhoids? Or is it cancer? — You can tell if it is hemorrhoids by going to a regular hospital for anal examination or colonoscopy. Of course, you can also distinguish it by some simple methods: Colorectal cancer: most of the blood in stool of colorectal cancer is dark red, usually confused with stool, and in the middle and late stage, it can appear as pus and blood stool. In addition to the symptom of blood in stool, change in stool habit is also a typical symptom of colorectal cancer, such as thinning of stool and increase in frequency, etc. You should be alert to go to a regular hospital for examination Hemorrhoids: blood in stool usually occurs after defecation, in the form of dripping blood or spraying, bright red blood, blood does not mix with stool; the amount of bleeding caused by hemorrhoids in stool varies, some of them bleed intermittently in stool. In severe cases, bleeding is inevitable every time you have a bowel movement. The treatment of tumor is about early detection. Active colonoscopy and anal finger examination can greatly improve the early detection rate of colon cancer, and people over 45 years old are encouraged to have at least one colonoscopy. Because the treatment effect of early detection can be very good and even cure the tumor (simply speaking, if colon cancer is detected early, the survival period of patients can reach 5-20 years or even a lifetime; if detected in the middle stage, the survival period is mostly 3-5 years; if the colon cancer has developed to advanced stage, the general survival period is 8 months to 1 year.) If you avoid the examination because of the fear of tumor, it is not good, and once you have to do colonoscopy, it may be late stage. Therefore, when there are symptoms such as blood in stool, change in stool habit, weight loss, unexplained anemia, etc., it is important to go to a regular hospital in time, and as a general health check-up, people over 45 years old are encouraged to have at least one colonoscopy. Of course there are many causes of blood in the stool, and the purpose of this article is to remind you that you can’t simply think that bloody stool is hemorrhoids again, many other causes and diseases may also lead to bloody stool, and we should find the root cause of the problem before formal treatment.