Please Help Me Out Here - Bowel Disorders Message Board

daved · 11-03-2004, 12:01 PM

I went to the doctor about a month ago, after seeing bright red blood on the tissue and streaking the stool. He took a sigmoidoscopy, which found only some moderate hemmerhoids.

Yet, even after using hemmerhoids medicine, the conditions have not improved in the last month. I still notice the bright red blood from time to time, and am still constipated.

Should I be concerned? I don't want to look like a hypochondriac.

Kitta · 11-03-2004, 04:04 PM

Hey Daved. I've found that the suppositories/creams do not help. I've battled with these things for years. I am now taking fiber pills and stool softner pills daily and this is helping with the hard stools which are my problem. Good luck..

Harry · 11-04-2004, 07:02 AM

You should not allow yourself to get constipated!! You need to intake enough fiber in your diet so your intestines function properly.
A person need 25 to 35 grams of fiber daily and it needs to be balance between soluble and insoluble fiber for normal BMs.
I have found that I need at least 7 mgram of a water soluble fiber like Metamucil (psyllium) for me to be regular w/o straining. Also, you need to drink at least 6 glasses of water daily.

As you may know constipation is the biggest cause of hemorrhoids!!