What to do if you have blood in your diarrhea



Dyspepsia with fresh blood may be caused by acute enteritis, hemorrhoids, anal fissure, intestinal polyps, ulcerative colitis, intestinal tuberculosis, colorectal cancer and other etiologies, and should be given according to the etiology of the general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment and so on.

General treatment: patients should firstly control the diet, focusing on liquid or semi-liquid diet, pay more attention to rest, and appropriately replenish electrolytes to prevent the occurrence of sodium and electrolyte disorders.

2. Drug treatment: patients with acute enteritis should have stool culture examination in time, and according to the type of pathogenic bacteria, choose reasonable antibiotics for anti-infection treatment. Patients with intestinal tuberculosis should be actively anti-tuberculosis treatment, such as isoniazid and other drugs. Patients with severe diarrhea and blood in stool should be given antidiarrheal and antihemorrhagic medication, commonly used in the clinic are Montelukast, Yunnan Baiyao, Phenol Sulphonamide and other medications.

3. Surgery: Surgery is the main treatment means for colorectal cancer patients, and there are open surgery, laparoscopic surgery and so on. Those who cannot have surgery can apply bevacizumab and cetuximab for tumor targeting therapy.

Of course, diarrhea with fresh blood may also be caused by other reasons, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital to find out the cause and timely treatment to avoid delay.