What is the reason for the child's bloody stool?

Children's immune system is relatively weaker than that of adults. Don’t think that bloody stools only occur in adults, they can also occur in children. The main cause of bloody stools in children is improper diet, perhaps due to excessive consumption of irritating foods.

Causes of blood in stool in children

1. Digestive tract diseases

2. It is the most common cause of bloody stool , including esophageal varices, esophageal foreign body, ulcer disease, acute gastritis, gastric mucosal prolapse, intussusception, hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis, strangulated intestinal obstruction, bloody stool in children, intestinal polyps, anal fissure, etc.

2. Blood diseases

Neonatal hemorrhagic disease, hemophilia, leukemia, aplastic anemia, thrombocytopenia and allergic purpura, etc.

3. Other systemic infectious diseases, such as sepsis, typhoid fever, etc., newborns swallowing blood from the mother's birth canal or ruptured nipples, swallowing of bleeding from the nose, pharynx, and gums, etc.

4. Influence of food or medicine

Certain foods and medicines can also cause changes in stool color, which can sometimes be confused with blood in the stool. For example, eating a lot of watermelon and tomatoes in the summer can make the stool turn red. The stool of children with anemia can turn black after taking iron supplements. The stool can also turn black after eating animal blood. These changes in stool color caused by food and medicine do not constitute bloody stools.