What is the cause of bleeding in the stool of boys?

Bleeding is very common, and there are many reasons for it. After bleeding occurs, it is necessary to relieve it in time, otherwise severe bleeding will cause great harm to your health. What is the reason for bleeding in boys' stools? There are some reasons for bleeding during defecation, which are generally caused by anal diseases. You cannot choose the method of treating bleeding at will, otherwise it will not help you at all. The following is a detailed introduction to bleeding in boys' stools.

What causes bleeding in the stool for boys?

1. Hemorrhoids: Blood in stool usually occurs during or after defecation, in the form of dripping or spurting blood, bright red, and not mixed with feces. Hemorrhoids cause bleeding in stool, and blood often mixes with feces when defecating. Sometimes, hemorrhoids may come out, causing edema, and pain when incarcerated. Severe hemorrhoids may lead to anemia.

2. Anal fissure: Anal fissure causes blood in the stool, which is bright red. There will be blood stains after dripping or wiping with toilet paper, and there will be severe anal pain after defecation.

3. Rectal and colonic polyps: bright red blood, painless, blood does not mix with stool. Stool bleeding caused by rectal polyps and sigmoid colon polyps. Fresh blood or dark red blood stains the stool after defecation. Rectal polyps are occasionally accompanied by polyp prolapse.

4. Ulcerative colitis: bleeding mixed with mucus or purulent blood in the stool, accompanied by abdominal pain, fever, frequent bowel movements, etc.

5. Rectal cancer: blood is bright red or dark red, and is attached to the surface of the stool in the form of drops; in the late stage, there is often purulent blood in the stool accompanied by anorectal prolapse, weight loss, and changes in bowel habits. Stool bleeding caused by colon and rectal malignancy. It manifests as mucopurulent blood in the stool or dark red blood in the stool. In the late stage of malignant swelling, the stool has a foul odor.

6. Bacillary dysentery: The amount of blood in the stool is small, often mixed with feces, and is purulent or purulent mucous stool, bright red in color, with frequent bowel movements, a feeling of tenesmus and tenderness in the left lower abdomen, accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.

7. Rectal polyps: blood in the stool or bleeding after defecation. Generally, the amount of blood in the stool is not large and is not mixed with the feces. The blood adheres to the surface of the feces and is bright red. Chronic cases may be mixed with mucus or pus. Sometimes the feces become thin and strip-like.

After understanding why boys have bleeding stools, men must actively cooperate when alleviating bleeding stools. During the treatment process, men must pay attention to choosing simple foods in their diet and not eating complex foods, otherwise it will not help with the treatment of bleeding.