Eating watermelon stool red can be normal, but also need to exclude other diseases that lead to red stool, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhoids, enteritis and so on.
1. Watermelon contains more lycopene, carotene and other pigments, once eating too much watermelon or weak gastrointestinal function, pigment absorption is incomplete and intestinal fluids can be mixed, and ultimately discharged with the stool, manifested as red stool. If there is no abdominal pain, bloating and other symptoms of abdominal discomfort, this situation is normal, usually do not need special treatment, stool color will be normal in the short term.
2. Patients with gastrointestinal bleeding may have red stools, and the color of the stools will not improve in the short term. Patients usually have anemia, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, need to consult a doctor in time to check the fecal occult blood, to clarify whether the stool contains blood.
3. Hemorrhoid patients bleeding hemorrhoids rupture in the stool, can also appear red stool, but the blood is stuck in the stool, and not mixed with the stool, if the symptoms continue to be unrelieved need to go to the hospital for further examination, if necessary, can be surgical treatment.
4. Patients with enteritis, such as ulcerative colitis, can have mucus, pus and blood stools, and the color of the stool does not change in the short term, often accompanied by abdominal pain, rectal drop and other discomforts, which need to go to the hospital for examination.
If the patient’s red stool does not improve in a short period of time, it is recommended to consult a doctor as soon as possible for examination and treatment.