Blood in your stool without pain is usually due to a hemorrhoid, but there could be other causes, like anal fissures or polyps. A doctor can help you identify the cause and offer treatment options, ...

Seeing blood in your toddler’s poop can be alarming, but the causes for blood in toddler stool are not always serious. In fact, it’s fairly common. Anal fissures, which are tiny tears in the anus ...

Many babies have blood in their stool during infancy. Small anal fissures and other minor conditions may cause blood streaks in a baby’s stool. Black stools or severe bloody diarrhea may indicate a ...

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Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Poop irregularities may be more “regular” than you ...

Poop irregularities may be more “regular” than you think. In a new Health survey of 2,001 adults in the U.S., a third of respondents reported poop abnormalities in the past month, such as seeing blood ...