Rectal bleeding

[Irene Beh]

Hi,



Would appreciate very much if anyone could help me?  I'm having rectal bleeding almost a year each time I pass motion.  I have a feeling it could be due to hemorrhage coz after passing motion, i feel pain and sometimes itchy. I'm taking fiber supplement and I find that since a year plus. I feel good coz I manage to pass motion once a day & after few months, it becomes 5 times a week, then now 4 times a week.  I found that the fiber supplement can form a very bulky stools.  Do you think my rectal bleeding could due to the bulky stools.  I strain each time when I pass motion after I take the fiber supplement but I do drinks a lot of water(3500 ml) & when I wipe with tissue, there's always a blood and sometimes mixed in the stool.  I got my colonscopy & endoscopy & blood test in Feb 2004 due to indigestion and it was clear & the doc told me to repeat scan again at the age of 40.  I'm now 35.



How can I form a soft and bulky stools? I think the fiber supplement makes me heaty or maybe my colon is heaty. I dun knw what goes wrong & I'm confused.   TQ.

[yoshi]

soft stool is new crop,the longer the stool stays in the body,more water will be extracted from it,hence hard stool.

I take Senokot and I notice the stool is always soft and smooth.

[Irene Beh]

Thanks yoshi for your reply.  Is Senokot is a kind of medicine (Laxatives)or supplement? Can I get that in the pharmacy?

[yoshi]

Senokot is over the counter,you can get it at supermarket or walgreen.

Milk of magnesia will produce results,if you can stand the taste.

I take 2 Senokot and it works for me.

[Irene Beh]

O.K.  Thanks so much.....:)

[marlowgs]

For relief of constipation you might also include jostling one buttock while defecating. The vibrations transmitted to the rectum reduce friction with dry stool and stimulate expulsion. Also try to go more often. Even if you don't have the urge the jostling will get things going. My anal fissures healed within days of using this technique.