Painless bright red blood in stool

Red food clumps or particles in your poops can mimic the appearance of blood smears or clots from a disease.

Here’s how to tell whether the red you see is food vs. blood.

Undigested Food that Can Show As Red in Bowel Movements

• Tomatoes
• Pimentos
• Strawberries, raspberries
• Cherry skin
• Red grape skin
• Beets, paprika and more.

Telling the Difference: Undigested Red Food vs.

Blood

Seeing what you think might be blood in your stools is scary sh*t.

After all, any pamphlet on colon cancer will list blood in bowel movements as a potential sign.

When you view your poops in the toilet, the image is skewered due to the water and limited lighting at the bottom of the bowl.

But you may spot something that looks reddish in a stool.

Blood in stools can appear as dark red or maroon clots, even black.

To tell the difference, you must remove the suspect stool from the toilet and inspect it.

Inspecting Stools

• Use a spoon or scooping tool to remove from the toilet.

• Be careful, as the removal could s

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