chasicd
07-28-2005, 12:52 PM
Please help me understand what this is....
I am a 28 year old male. I smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and I have GERD, which I take Nexium to control. I am 30 pounds overweight and I do not exercise. I have been having constipation the last couple months, where I can go days without going to the bathroom. When I do go it is not painful, just takes a while. I also get pain in my lower back sometimes as well as the left side of my body.
Today, I went to the bathroom and I was bleeding. First time I noticed this and it scared me. I went a second time and the blood was gone. I do not know what it could be.
Last September I had a colonoscopy to check out an enlarged spleen that I have and the doctor removed a polyp. I recently started taking multi-vitamins and I think I may be allergic to something because when I have taken them in the past I have felt pain in my stomach.
What can the problem be...
I am a 28 year old male. I smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and I have GERD, which I take Nexium to control. I am 30 pounds overweight and I do not exercise. I have been having constipation the last couple months, where I can go days without going to the bathroom. When I do go it is not painful, just takes a while. I also get pain in my lower back sometimes as well as the left side of my body.
Today, I went to the bathroom and I was bleeding. First time I noticed this and it scared me. I went a second time and the blood was gone. I do not know what it could be.
Last September I had a colonoscopy to check out an enlarged spleen that I have and the doctor removed a polyp. I recently started taking multi-vitamins and I think I may be allergic to something because when I have taken them in the past I have felt pain in my stomach.
What can the problem be...
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michaelfloyd
07-30-2005, 06:13 PM
there are any number of conditions that could cause blood in the stool. your best bet is to go to a gastroenterologist and get yourself checked out.