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Gastrointestinal bleeding & now unable to keep down food; diagnosis??

My relative has had extreme gastrointestinal bleeding (enough to fill the toilet), irregularly but semi-often, for the better part of the 2016 year. They recently underwent a colonoscopy to try and diagnose the issue, but it came up inconclusive.
In the past month since the procedure, they are now virtually unable to keep down any food; it is typically expelled via vomit and/or diarrhea between 30mins-2hrs after consumption.

The matter was concerning enough when it was the extreme bleeding, but now it's even moreso. None of the doctors or gastroenterologists in our town have any idea what's going on; we have no answers, nor are they even TRYING to dedicate any further efforts to find out what's wrong.

We need help. We desperately need to find an expert who has any idea of a diagnosis; someone who can possibly tell us what's wrong before things get any worse.

Please. I don't know why the site won't let me post this in the experts' forum, but we need an expert's help. We've been to so many doctors, with nothing but useless medical bills to show for it.
We just don't know what to do, anymore.

If nobody here can help, please suggest somewhere that can. Somewhere that will TRY to find a solution. Someone-- anyone-- who cares about diagnosing this life-compromising mystery.
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Is the blood bright red or dark and is there constipation involved at any point?
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Do keep trying to get a diagnosis as you are, you are a great friend.

Is there anything unusual with the bloody stools? Is the blood free floating in the water, as if the blood was introduced just after the BM .... the blood will be in droplet form and dissipating, and likely due to internal hemorrhoids. Black stools without any significant blood mixing mean the bleeding is likely happening much further up in the colon or even small bowels.

Anything unusual in the CBD blood testing? Or the prothrombin/INR levels? Some people suffer with portal hypertension and this can cause a lot of GI bleeding that can be hard to track down ....my body is a master at this.

We are not doctors bere but we can try to help you focus in on the right questions to keep pestering your doctors with.
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I will have to get back to you about the details of the blood. Will comment again with that info!

From what I know, the bleeding isn't as much of an issue right now. Currently, we're more worried about their inability to eat. :( It's been nearly a month since they've been able to keep down any food.
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