What to do if you have bright red blood in your bowel movements

Bright red blood in the bowel movement may exist hemorrhoids, rectal tumors, anal fissure and gastrointestinal bleeding and other diseases, different diseases are handled in different ways.
1. Hemorrhoids: There are three types of hemorrhoids: internal hemorrhoids, external hemorrhoids, and mixed hemorrhoids. Internal hemorrhoids and mixed hemorrhoids can manifest as intermittent fresh blood after stool. If hemorrhoids cause fresh blood in the stool, you can choose 5% cod liver oil sodium and other sclerosing agent injection therapy, rubber band ligation therapy, surgery (hemorrhoidal simple excision, etc.). In addition, dietary intake of fibrous food, warm water sitz bath after stool, change bad stool habits, etc..
2. Rectal tumor: low rectal cancer can also have bloody stool. For rectal tumor, according to the stage of tumor, surgery should be the main treatment as early as possible, combined with comprehensive treatment of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
3. Anal fissure: anal fissure can have bleeding with pain. For patients with anal fissure, first time or acute patients can be treated by taking bath and moistening the stool, while chronic anal fissure can be treated by expanding the anus in addition to taking bath and moistening the stool; those who have not been cured for a long time, with more serious symptoms, and those who have no effect of non-surgical treatment can be treated by surgery.
4. Gastrointestinal hemorrhage: when the gastrointestinal tract is hemorrhaging (especially the lower gastrointestinal tract), it can be seen that the stool is accompanied by fresh blood. Patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage should go to the hospital immediately and be treated by a professional doctor according to their condition.
Bright red blood in the bowel movement, once found, should immediately go to the local hospital for a clear diagnosis and standardized treatment.