Causes of blood in children's stools

If a child has blood in his stool, parents must pay attention to it, because blood in the stool can seriously affect the health of the body. Therefore, many parents, when they find that their children have blood in their stool, must find out the cause as soon as possible. The following content introduces in detail the causes of blood in children's stools, and parents can have a comprehensive understanding of it.

Blood discharged from the anus is called hematochezia, which can appear as blood in the stool or blood in the stool. It can be brightly colored, dark red, or tarry, and the amount varies. If the blood is hanging outside the stool and is not mixed with the stool, it may be bleeding near the colon, rectum, or anus, such as polyps, anal fissures, etc.

If it is anal fissure, then for the baby, it is best not to use laxatives or mechanical stimulation of the anus (such as enema, etc.) to avoid aggravating the anal fissure. Clean your anus after every bowel movement. It is best to add 0.3 grams of berberine to the cleaning water, put the baby's butt in the water for a sitz bath, and apply a small amount of chloramphenicol ointment on the anus after the sitz bath. Generally, shallow anal fissures can be healed through this treatment. Deep anal fissures need to be treated in the hospital. The fissures can be cauterized with 10-20% silver nitrate, then rinsed with saline and taken a sitz bath with berberine solution.

There are many reasons for bloody stools, such as anal fissures, hemorrhoids, rectal polyps, ulcerative colitis, colorectal tumors, etc. The main causes of bloody stools in children: anal fissures and rectal polyps. In order to avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment, it is recommended that you take your child to a local regular anorectal specialist hospital or to the anorectal surgery department of a nearby regular large hospital for necessary rectal digital examination and small anorectal endoscopy, and perform electronic colonoscopy when necessary. If your baby's stool is full of blood, tarry or jam-like, you must go to the hospital immediately to avoid delaying the disease.

The above is a detailed introduction to the causes of blood in children's stools. I believe that many parents have fully understood the causes of blood in children's stools through the above introduction. After a comprehensive understanding, in order to diagnose the condition, it is best to take the child to the hospital for a comprehensive examination. Through examination, find out the cause and give symptomatic treatment as soon as possible.