Many babies have experienced blood in the stool. Mothers get very nervous when they see blood in their baby’s stool, and all kinds of malignant diseases flash through their mind, and they can’t wait to take their baby to the hospital for examination. Is blood in the stool really that scary? What diseases can cause blood in the stool? As a parent, what should I do if I find blood in my baby’s stool? First of all, from the naked eye, the blood in the baby’s stool is divided into the following categories. 1, bright red blood, you can wipe the buttocks when the toilet paper stained, when the amount can be attached to the stool or seen in the potty, more serious can be seen in the baby stool drops of fresh blood out. 2.Dark red blood, mostly mixed in the stool, or when wiping the baby’s buttocks to see. 3. Blood mixed with white mucus or jelly-like blood, which can be attached to the stool or just mucus blood without stool. The combined symptoms of blood in the stool also need to be carefully observed by parents: is it blood in the stool when the stool is dry, or is it bleeding during daily soft stools, or bleeding during loose stools? Is it combined with anal pain during defecation? Is there any itching or pain around the anus? Does your stomach hurt? Is there fever, nausea, vomiting? Are there any mucous-like swellings coming out of the anal opening during defecation? Also note whether the blood in the stool is occasional or persistent. These symptoms can give important indications of disease. What are the most common diseases that cause blood in the stool in babies? The most common are anal fissures caused by dry stools or damage to the rectal mucosa. This type of blood in the stool is bright red in color and can be spotty in large amounts. The baby may have crying during defecation (caused by anal pain) or no other discomfort. As the dryness of the stool subsides, the blood in the stool may disappear on its own, or may be reduced. Blood in the stool caused by rectal polyps is usually small in amount and can be bright red (bleeding from polyps closer to the anus, or polyps bleeding in large amounts) or dark red (bleeding from polyps further away from the anus, or polyps bleeding in small amounts), with frequent or intermittent blood in the stool and no other obvious discomfort to the baby. Larger polyps with tips closer to the anus may also prolapse into the anal opening during bowel movements. In addition, more serious perianal dermatitis and eczema may cause breakage and bleeding of the perianal skin, which is not strictly speaking blood in the stool, but bleeding from the skin, but will be seen when scrubbing the buttocks, usually in small amounts, and combined with itching, oozing, crusting and other symptoms around the anus. In children with prolapsed rectum, if it lasts for a long time, some of them will cause congestion, edema, and even bleeding of the rectal mucosa, usually in small amounts, and the rectal mucosa that comes out of the anus during defecation can be seen. In acute and chronic enteritis, the baby may have loose stools, bloody stools, mucus stools, and most of them are combined with fever, abdominal pain, and poor appetite. These children have small amounts of blood in their stools, which are often mixed with stools. The main symptoms are paroxysmal abdominal cramps, vomiting, blood in the stool and abdominal masses, and dark red or jam-like blood in the stool. In addition, some babies with poor bowel habits can also develop hemorrhoids, causing blood in the stool, usually in small amounts and bright red. There are also some systemic bleeding diseases and some rare diseases that can also cause blood in the stool. So many diseases can cause blood in the stool, as parents what to do? First of all, don’t be nervous when you see blood in your baby’s stool. Observe the nature of the bleeding and the accompanying symptoms, and if you have the conditions, we recommend taking pictures with your cell phone or recording the process of your baby’s bowel movement as a basis for future consultation or comparison. If your baby also has diarrhea symptoms, you can take some stools to the hospital for laboratory tests. Note that when taking stool specimens, you should pick out abnormal parts such as mucus and blood, and stools pulled on the diaper are not suitable for testing. It is best to send the specimen for testing within 2 hours after it has been collected. If the baby has no other discomfort, or if there is an occasional small amount of blood in the stool, it can be observed first. If there is a clear case of dry stool, observe the skin of the anal canal for fissures while washing the baby’s buttocks and pay attention to cleaning the fissures. If the baby’s diet is adjusted and the stool is kept open, the fissure will heal on its own. If you suspect intussusception, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible.