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Bloody diarrhea after running
by debbiemc2000, Jan 26, 2009 02:21PM
Hi,
This question is a follow-up to another I read on this forum. I have been a runner all of my life, but had to slow down due to my 2 pregnancies. After I had my first baby, I got back into running and was doing great. Then I was running a 10K, and 1/2 way through I had severe stomach cramps and had to find a restroom. I had bloody diarrhea which really scared me. I walked the rest of the race...had a bit more blood in my stools and then back to normal. Not long after that I got pregnant with my 2nd child and stopped running again (never had bloody stools after that one day). Now it has been 7 months after giving birth and I began to run again. I've been training for a 5K and running pretty hard. After about a week of training I started getting bad stomach cramps and the bloody diarrhea came back. The diarrhea is bring red in color and after I go, the next time I have a bowel movement it is still a little red (but more firm), and then back to normal. The stools are normal again until I run really hard. My doctor doesn't know what it is and has referred me to a GI specialist. My doctor checked me for hemorrhoids (both internal and external) and she said that wasn't it. She also checked me for an anal fissure...that was a negative also. Has anyone else had this problem? Does this sound like bowel cancer?
This discussion is related to Blood in Stool - After Running?.
This question is a follow-up to another I read on this forum. I have been a runner all of my life, but had to slow down due to my 2 pregnancies. After I had my first baby, I got back into running and was doing great. Then I was running a 10K, and 1/2 way through I had severe stomach cramps and had to find a restroom. I had bloody diarrhea which really scared me. I walked the rest of the race...had a bit more blood in my stools and then back to normal. Not long after that I got pregnant with my 2nd child and stopped running again (never had bloody stools after that one day). Now it has been 7 months after giving birth and I began to run again. I've been training for a 5K and running pretty hard. After about a week of training I started getting bad stomach cramps and the bloody diarrhea came back. The diarrhea is bring red in color and after I go, the next time I have a bowel movement it is still a little red (but more firm), and then back to normal. The stools are normal again until I run really hard. My doctor doesn't know what it is and has referred me to a GI specialist. My doctor checked me for hemorrhoids (both internal and external) and she said that wasn't it. She also checked me for an anal fissure...that was a negative also. Has anyone else had this problem? Does this sound like bowel cancer?
This discussion is related to Blood in Stool - After Running?.
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You don't say how old you are - but the more sinister diseases that can accompany rectal bleeding tend to occur at age 40+. However, I suggest that you ask for a colonoscopy as a way of providing (hopefully) maximum reassurance.
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Morecambe