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Blood when wiping

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formula3 · 25/01/2025 21:08

My DD8 has been having blood on wiping after a stool for the last few weeks. It
Happened last year and GP said nothing to worry about as only a bit and only on toilet paper so probably an anal fissure. I called them again this week as it’s happened a few times and they’ve said it will just be the same thing. But we are all taught now that blood on wiping needs further investigation as adults aren’t we? I can’t see anything but I imagine if it is a tiny cut it will be so small I can’t see it anyway. Anyone else experienced this and been fobbed off by Gp? 😣

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Unseenentity · 25/01/2025 21:11

Adults is a bit different because the possibility of something serious is much higher. I would still say they should give you a plan to actively manage the (presumed) hard stools and a timescale to check in again though.

stichguru · 25/01/2025 21:24

How long each time? I sometimes get blood on wiping, just a little maybe once or twice a year and the doctors say the same to me. Is there blood IN the toilet after she's pooed but BEFORE she's wiped? Does the poo itself look bloody? Is the blood all through the poo?

Blood in stools (poos) actually from the stomach/intestines/bowel needs investigation, blood from just inside the rectum probably doesn't. Are her poos quite solid? Might they be grazing as they pass through, then the graze leaving a blood stain on the tissue? I strongly suspect that investigating would involve putting a camera either down through her mouth or up through her rectum possibly with a barium swallow or meal first. A good friend has to have these annually due to a condition of her stomach and I wouldn't put my worse enemy through this, especially a child unless it was critical!

formula3 · 25/01/2025 22:58

This is so helpful, thank you.
nothing in stool itself or the pan, it’s just a few drops on the toilet paper when wiping.

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