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Hello doctor. I am 28 years old this year, since I was young, I rarely eat vegetables, so I often have heat, but it is only at the level of difficulty going to the toilet. About half a year ago, I had blood in my stool, I noticed blood coming out after cleaning. Recently, I've been having blood in the stool more often, so I've been working hard on eating vegetables and drinking tapioca. However, every time I go to the toilet, I feel a little burning even though the stool is loose.
Recently, if I just change a little bit of my living habits, for example, I have to go back to my hometown for 1 or 2 days, eat some vegetables and don't drink tapioca, I immediately go to the toilet to bleed, even if I don't go to the toilet. encountered many difficulties. I'm fine with eating vegetables and drinking tapioca flour, but if I change a little, I'll bleed right away.
Due to the epidemic situation and I looked online and found that the examination was also a bit scary, so I still hesitated to go to the doctor. The doctor asked me if my condition is very dangerous. I hope my doctor can help me.
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Hello. You have blood in your stool, so your doctor recommends you to have a colonoscopy. The purpose of colonoscopy in patients with bloody stools is to check where this blood is coming from, so that appropriate treatment can be given. It can be from an ulcer, a scratch, a bleeding hemorrhoid, a bleeding polyp, or worst of all, a bleeding cancer.
In your case, the doctor thinks a lot about hemorrhoids because the bleeding situation changes with eating habits. As for the problem of colonoscopy causing pain, now we have an anesthetic colonoscopy. Endoscopy patients will be put to sleep, then the doctor will conduct endoscopy for the patient. The whole procedure of endoscopy will not cause discomfort or pain to the patient because the patient is asleep at that time and does not know anything.
Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec Health System. Best regards!
Answered by Master, Doctor Vu Tan Phuc - Gastroenterologist - Department of Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital
