8-year-old child with blood in stool

The most common cause of bloody stools in eight-year-old children is dry stools. If children at this age have a poor diet, such as overeating, or are picky eaters, they may suffer from constipation, which is when blood in the stool is most likely to occur. In addition, if the child has hemorrhoids, it is also easy to cause this situation. Of course, we should also be alert to some digestive tract diseases and blood diseases.

8-year-old child with blood in stool

1. Digestive tract diseases

Specialized medical personnel have studied the majority of cases of bloody stools in children and found that the occurrence of bloody stools in children is related to gastrointestinal diseases, such as acute gastritis, hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis, etc.

2. Blood diseases

In addition to digestive tract diseases, the causes of bloody stools in children may also be related to blood diseases, such as hemophilia, leukemia, and allergic purpura.

3. Other systemic infectious diseases

For newborns, blood in the stool may be related to swallowing blood from the mother's birth canal. In non-newborn children, it may be related to sepsis, typhoid fever, and swallowing of bleeding gums.

4. Improvement of children’s immune system

Children in kindergarten are in an environment with a large number of bacteria every day, and their immune systems need to constantly fight against these germs. Therefore, the lymphatic tissue in the whole body proliferates actively. The lymphatic tissue proliferating near the end of the rectum oozes a small amount of blood due to friction and squeezing by feces.

5. Diet

Taking some foods and medicines can cause changes in stool color, which can easily be confused with bloody stools. For example, eating amaranth, watermelon, animal blood, etc. can cause changes in stool color, so careful judgment is required.

How to treat bloody stools in children

When children have bloody stools, we must first determine the cause of the bleeding stools, and then seek appropriate treatment methods based on the cause. Common treatments include:

1. No treatment required

If the occurrence of blood in the stool is related to the maturation of the child's immune system, no treatment is needed and just let nature take its course.

2. Massage therapy

If a child's bloody stool is caused by anal fissure, massage the patient to improve his or her bowel movements and achieve the effect of self-healing of the anal fissure. The general massage technique is for the masseur to place the base of the right palm against the abdomen, push from the right upper abdomen to the left upper abdomen, and then from the left upper abdomen to the right lower abdomen, and repeat this process. Be careful not to use too heavy a technique. Perform it 2-3 times a day, each time lasting ten minutes. You will see results after about half a month.

3. Visiting a hospital

As mentioned earlier, blood in children's stools is often related to various serious diseases, such as digestive tract diseases, blood diseases, etc. Therefore, if children have blood in their stools, it is best for parents to take their children to the hospital in a timely manner, seek help from professional doctors, conduct professional examinations under the guidance of the doctor, find the root cause of the blood in the stool, and receive professional treatment according to the doctor's orders.