10 Symptoms of Dysentery
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #10: Blood in Stools
The digestive system is essentially a long tube with various compartments. Food goes in at one end and eventually passes through the other end, after being heavily processed to allow us to get the nutrition that we need from it. Although the digestive system is fed a lot of blood, there is no reason for our food to actually come into contact with any blood itself.
As such, there should not be any blood in the stools. If there is then it might be down to minor tears in the anal canal and the rectum. At other times, it might be down to severe infections of the digestive system such as dysentery.
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