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This is going to probably be TMI and I am sorry but I am REALLY trying not to panic right now. I was told I have IBS by multiple doctors, I of course can not accept that. Today I had coffee with cream and then had a hot pocket that had a lot of cheese in it, almost an hour later I started having cramps and had diahrrea. When I really looked I know its bad but i always have to be obsessive with looking and with a flashlight to make sure nothing is wrong with my stool I noticed there was like a streak of blood on each piece of the stool it was bright red and not a lot like literally just one streak on a few pieces, and nothing when I wiped. I am extremely concerned and nauseas now.

I ate spaghetti sauce for dinner but I doubt its that, ugh please help I am sick to my stomach.
 
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Hi Danaaa sorry you are having a bad day that can happen to me it probably the spaghetti that why I don’t eat everything that red
 
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All of that points to IBS, why are you doubting the doctors?
 
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Iugrad91 said:
All of that points to IBS, why are you doubting the doctors?
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I wish I knew I even had tumor markers ran 2 months ago, all normal, yet I’m still questioning. The streaks of blood on top of the stool is what set me off and it’s IBS every time I eat dairy but a lot of dairy
 
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Red food can show up in our stool. Those streaks certainly were food related like the sauce
 
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Danaaa07 said:
This is going to probably be TMI and I am sorry but I am REALLY trying not to panic right now. I was told I have IBS by multiple doctors, I of course can not accept that. Today I had coffee with cream and then had a hot pocket that had a lot of cheese in it, almost an hour later I started having cramps and had diahrrea. When I really looked I know its bad but i always have to be obsessive with looking and with a flashlight to make sure nothing is wrong with my stool I noticed there was like a streak of blood on each piece of the stool it was bright red and not a lot like literally just one streak on a few pieces, and nothing when I wiped. I am extremely concerned and nauseas now.

I ate spaghetti sauce for dinner but I doubt its that, ugh please help I am sick to my stomach.
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I don't think it's anything to panic over. It's probably just a internal hemorrhoid that happens once in awhile.
 
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Blood in your actual stool is NOT bright red, if that makes you feel any better. I had a GI bleed once - it looks like black tar. Bright red is usually something you ate, especially with IBS because it keeps you from processing your food properly. If it IS blood, then it is most likely from hemorrhoids or a small fissure/irritation caused by the IBS (skin irritation from all the diarrhea). So if you aren't seeing thick black stool, and it doesn't continue, you're okay. But talk to your doctor about it to out your mind at ease.
 
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Hurt&Hopeful said:
Blood in your actual stool is NOT bright red, if that makes you feel any better. I had a GI bleed once - it looks like black tar. Bright red is usually something you ate, especially with IBS because it keeps you from processing your food properly. If it IS blood, then it is most likely from hemorrhoids or a small fissure/irritation caused by the IBS (skin irritation from all the diarrhea). So if you aren't seeing thick black stool, and it doesn't continue, you're okay. But talk to your doctor about it to out your mind at ease.
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Thank you so much
TruthHurts said:
I don't think it's anything to panic over. It's probably just a internal hemorrhoid that happens once in awhile.
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Thank you!
Bobnnat said:
Red food can show up in our stool. Those streaks certainly were food related like the sauce
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Thank you I’m really hoping that is what it was
 
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I’ve spotted tomato sauce bits in the bowl post pizza - when my Ibs is acting up food goes through me at the speed of sound, so it’s often still recognizable! Gross I know but I’m so used to it by now it’s just kind of fascinating to me.
I’ve also seen my fair share of blood in there. I get fissures and hemorrhoids often; more ibs fun. I asked my doctor once and he said bright red blood is hemorrhoids; he wasn’t concerned. Either way I think you’re good.
 
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mollyfin said:
I’ve spotted tomato sauce bits in the bowl post pizza - when my Ibs is acting up food goes through me at the speed of sound, so it’s often still recognizable! Gross I know but I’m so used to it by now it’s just kind of fascinating to me.
I’ve also seen my fair share of blood in there. I get fissures and hemorrhoids often; more ibs fun. I asked my doctor once and he said bright red blood is hemorrhoids; he wasn’t concerned. Either way I think you’re good.
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Thank you! I appreciate it!
 
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I try to laugh about it, because today it happened the same to me. I always tried not to eat red things because if i see red in the stool i'd panic. Yesterday I ate tomatoes and pasta with tomato sauce for the first time since a looong time, and guess what? Today i spotted some red material in the stool...A part of me obviously wants to freak out, the other one tells me it's too much of a coincidence...
 
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If you are having digestive problems when you eat dairy, you are probably lactose intolerant. You can get some lactaid tablets and take one right before you eat dairy and that particular problem (IBS) will probably go away. My husband has to do this but it works well.
 
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