What to do if a man has blood in his stool

In life, both men and women may have blood in their stools. First of all, blood in the stool may be caused by hemorrhoids, so we should pay attention to a regular life and a light diet, because hemorrhoids are generally caused by getting angry and sitting for a long time. When men have blood in the stool, they need to drink more water and massage their abdomen, and use medicine to treat hemorrhoids.

Blood in stool care

1. Live a regular life: In particular, you should develop the habit of regular bowel movements, usually in the morning after getting up. Keep a good mood and avoid worry and anger.

2. Drink more water: Patients with blood in stool should drink a glass of light salt water or honey water on an empty stomach in the morning, and massage their abdomen or turn their waist to make the water vibrate in the intestines and stomach to enhance the laxative effect. Drink more cold boiled water throughout the day to help moisten the intestines and promote defecation.

3. Massage the abdomen in bed every night: Method: Lie flat on your back with your hands overlapped, push from the scrotum along the midline to the pubic symphysis 36 times, then press the abdomen with your left and right palms respectively, with the umbilicus as the center, and knead in concentric circles in clockwise and counterclockwise directions for 36 circles each.

4. Pay attention to diet: Eat a certain amount of vegetables or fruits every day. Eat 1 apple on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, or 1 to 3 bananas before each meal. The staple food should not be too refined, but eat some coarse grains appropriately. You can drink a bowl of porridge made of sweet potatoes, dates, and honey every night. Patients with blood in the stool should carry out appropriate physical activities and strengthen physical exercise. Doing supine leg curling, walking, Tai Chi, riding a bicycle, etc., all help promote bowel movements.

Preventing blood in stool

What should I do if I have blood in my stool? There are three main ways to prevent blood in my stool:

1. Diet and Nutrition

Due to factors such as diarrhea, blood in the stool, long-term insufficient nutrition and poor absorption of nutrients, patients may have iron deficiency, folic acid deficiency or anemia, and should be given appropriate supplements. However, when supplementing nutrition, you should also pay attention to: pay attention to food hygiene, do not eat food from street stalls and night markets, wash your hands before and after meals, etc.; avoid eating greasy food, which is difficult to digest and will increase the burden on the stomach; avoid eating milk, goat milk and a large amount of sucrose; avoid eating high-fiber foods; avoid eating raw garlic and other irritating foods; avoid blindly using antidiarrheal drugs.

2. Pay attention to your work and rest schedule

Rest is very beneficial to the patient's recovery, because good rest and adequate sleep can reduce the mental and physical burden on the patient. It should be noted that the rest environment should be comfortable and quiet; before going to bed, the mind should be relaxed to ensure the sleep effect, and sedatives should be taken if necessary. The amount of activity can be gradually increased after the condition improves, but heavy physical activities should generally be reduced.

3. Care for the skin around the anus

Keep the anus and the surrounding skin dry; use soft toilet paper and wipe gently to reduce mechanical irritation; rinse the anus and surrounding skin with alkaline soap and warm water after defecation to reduce the contact of acidic excrement and digestive enzymes with the skin, thereby reducing local irritation and discomfort. Apply antibiotic ointment if necessary to protect the integrity of the skin.