Anal bleeding and clots with stomach pain

Hi, I hope someone can help me.  I have been suffering with abdominal pain and bloating for about a year now, the gp has prescibed several anti spasmodic drugs and diasnosed IBS.  They havent helped much at all. I definately have problems with bloating after acidic foods etc but I also have bowe problems.  I need to go to the toilet about 5 times a day, I never feel like I have finished so am uncomfortable most of the time.  I def have piles after the birth of my two babies (5 and 7 years ago now).
Three weeks ago, I went to the toilet (bowel movement) and had a lot of red blood in the bowl. I also passed a clot of mucusy type tissue.
This didnt happen again for two weeks, and the last three days i feel quite unwell and each time I have a bowel movement, I have a lot of blood (not mixed in with bowel movement but seem to come after), the blood is bright red, I can feel it dripping into the bowl and I have a lump/clot when I wipe myself.  I am 35 years old, female, white.
Please advise
Thank you

[Gina04]

I would definitely get this checked out by a gastroenterologist.  It could be hemorrhoids, ulcer, gastritis, etc. or it could be more serious, like colon cancer.  You need to rule out the really bad things and make sure that it is nothing to be overly concerned about.  Colon cancer is usually thought of as something that 60 year old men get but my mom had it when she was 34 years old.

[harrald]

This a long shot, but I have read of persons who had constant constipation and always had problems and pain during partial bowel movements. Some of the people had such rock-hard feces or bowels, that bowels cut the anal ring when forced out during bowel movements.

There are two websites I would like you to try. John Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, says there are 25 or more digestive disorders, many with similar symptoms. The National Institutes of Health in Maryland provides extensive data on both digestive and kidney diseases and disorders. Go to http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov, and click on the Digestion link, and you will arrive at a webpage with information about only digestive problems from A to Z. Look to the left on the homepage, and you see blue bars. One bar lists Kidney Diseases if you need to know about kidneys.

The second website is where you can read about probiotics and products that  returned me to daily bowel movements. The following information is not a sales pitch! My constipation problem was ended 7 months ago when someone recommemded I visit this website:  www.theralac.com. The advertised data is impressive, and the company has a 100% return policy. Thermalac is a probiotic that has a US patent for its delivery system through your stomach and dissolving within your intestines where food is digested. Most probiotics advertised on TV do not reveal that most of cultures in yogurt are killed by the stomach acid. Theralac has a companion named Enzalase. Read about both products at the website.Enzalase has 12 digestive enzymes that do a better job of digesting food than our intestines' own enzymes. Theralac recommends one capsule a day for 5 to 7 days, then two capsules a week. Read the data and declide whether to investigate the claims. I noticed after a week or more that my dinner meal was digested faster, and I began having two bowel movement a day.

Harrald

[mammo]

Your GP should have referred you to a Gastroenterologist immediately and not have assumed it was IBS!  This is their specialty, not your GP's.  Please see one right away to find out what is going on.  I wish you all the best and do take care.

[mammo]

Please......you're bleeding, see a GI doctor right away.  It may not be serious, but it's time you get serious with getting help.  Don't try anything else, let the doctor tell you what is going on.

[helenbird]

Thank you for your advice. I have seen an alternative therapist (before the bleeding started) and have been taking digestive enzymes and some homeopathic medicine to help with my stomach and digextive problems (the therapist diagnosed Helicobactor Pylori) and the food issues seem to be better. The pain however is still bad, and the bowel issues are not at all good, frequency, incomplete feeling and now blood and clots.
I will go to the gp on monday (or as soon as I can get an appointment) and ask to have further tests.
Best Regards