Bleeding from your rectum. Blood can be dark or bright red, depending on the cause of bleeding.

 

Causes:

- Haemorrhoids – swollen vessels around the anus

- Anal fissure – open wound in the skin of the anus

- Anal fistula – small channel between the bowel and the skin near the anus.

- Angiodysplasia – a condition where blood vessels in the large bowel becomes enlarged

- Gastroenteritis – Diarrhoea can contain small traces of blood due to a bacteria or a viral infection

- Diverticula – Small bulges/bubbles in lining of colon, that can become inflamed

- Cancer of colon or bowel – Common cancer of the bowel

- Medication – Anti inflammatories, Warfarin

- Inflammatory bowel diseases.

 

All rectal bleeding should be treated as serious. Please see your doctor to ensure the possible cause get diagnosed soon and appropriately.