Something red in the stool that doesn’t look like blood may be the result of consuming certain foods or medications. 1. Diet: If you have recently consumed a lot of red fruits such as dragon fruit, watermelon or red vegetables such as tomato, amaranth and so on. 2. Medications: For example, the anti-tuberculosis drug rifampicin can cause reddish stools and urine, which is a normal drug reaction. The above two situations will usually disappear in one to two days after stopping the drug, so one to two days later if there are still symptoms or need to be clear that the red color is caused by other causes of blood in the stool. For example, there are small bleeding spots in the digestive tract, the amount is not large, but still will make the stool with red; or pediatric intussusception will have jam-colored stools and other diseases that may threaten the child’s life. At this time, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to improve the relevant examination, timely targeted intervention or treatment, to avoid delays in the condition.