Reddish stools can be caused by physiological factors such as eating foods containing red pigment or pathological factors such as hemorrhoids and ulcerative colitis.
1. Physiological factors: foods containing red pigment, such as red dragon fruit, tomatoes, etc., which contain pigment can not be digested and absorbed by the body, will be discharged with the stool, resulting in reddish stool.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) hemorrhoids: hemorrhoids may be stimulated during normal bowel movements, triggering hemorrhoids to break and bleed, resulting in reddish stools.
(2) ulcerative colitis: imbalance of the immune system of the intestinal mucosa leads to inflammation, the situation is ongoing, constantly damage the intestinal mucosa, bleeding occurs, so there can be a reddish stool.
The redness of stool test results alone can not accurately determine the cause, but also need to be combined with the characteristics of the medical history, other test results in order to make an accurate judgment, it is recommended to clarify the cause of the disease under the guidance of the doctor, and then further treatment.