1890 Silver Cross Boulevard, Suites 410 and 520, New Lenox, Illinois 60451, in Silver Cross Hospital.
Phone: (815) 717-8730 Fax: (815) 717-8729
Rectal bleeding can be evidenced by blood on the toilet paper after wiping, blood in or on the stool in the toilet, or in the toilet bowl. The blood may be either bright red or dark in color.
Blood that is bright red on the toilet paper indicates the cause of bleeding is closer to the anal opening or rectum. If blood is dark and mixed with stool, this means it likely originated in the colon. Painless bright red bleeding is usually caused by hemorrhoids. Painful bleeding may be an anal fissure (a cut near the anal opening).
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