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Sources: SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=blood%20in%20stool; https://www.who.int; https://edcd.gov.np
Seek care NOW: black tarry stools, heavy bleeding, dizziness or fainting.
Sources: SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic · World Health Organization (WHO) · EDCD — Epidemiology & Disease Control Division (Nepal)
piles (haemorrhoids), anal fissure, dysentery, ulcers, and less often bowel cancer.
Sources: SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic · World Health Organization (WHO) · EDCD — Epidemiology & Disease Control Division (Nepal)
black tarry stools, heavy bleeding, dizziness or fainting.
Sources: SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic · World Health Organization (WHO) · EDCD — Epidemiology & Disease Control Division (Nepal)
Fibre and fluids for piles; see a clinician for any unexplained bleeding, especially after 40.
Sources: SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO · Reference · MedlinePlus (US NLM) · Mayo Clinic · World Health Organization (WHO) · EDCD — Epidemiology & Disease Control Division (Nepal)
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