Does red baby stool mean blood?

The baby's poop can reflect many situations. If the baby's poop is black or green, it is mostly caused by indigestion or a cold stomach. If the baby's poop is golden yellow and well-formed, it means that the baby is very healthy. Some parents often find that some babies' stools are red, and they feel very nervous at this time. Does the baby's red stool mean bloody stool? This question often lingers in the minds of parents.

There are many forms of bloody stools. Usually the stool is red or dark brown, or contains blood, blood clots, bloody mucosa, etc. First of all, you should check whether the child has taken iron supplements or consumed large amounts of iron-containing foods, such as animal liver and blood, which may cause false blood in the stool. If the stool becomes loose, contains more mucus or is mixed with blood, and the baby cries and is restless during defecation, you should consider whether it is infectious diarrhea caused by bacillary dysentery or other pathogens, and you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

If the stool is red bean soup-like, dark red in color and accompanied by a foul odor, it may be hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis; if the stool is jam-colored, it may be intussusception; if the stool is tarry black, it may be upper gastrointestinal bleeding; if it is bright red bloody stool, it mostly indicates that the blood comes from the rectum or anus. In short, bloody stools cannot be ignored, and the above conditions require immediate hospital diagnosis and treatment.

When parents find that their baby's stool is abnormal, they need to go to the hospital for diagnosis in time. Only by doing some tests on the stool can they determine what disease the baby has. This will also allow the baby to be treated faster and more accurately, and the baby can have a healthy body.