Posted 12/29/2016 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
medically speaking, like you say fresh bleeding is from lower down, typically lower colon and rectum,
and blood from high up ie stomach is usually dark/black. And inbetween darker reds.
It doesn't always work like that because it depends on transit time etc and the cause.
I had pretty bright red blood with my first flare up which was in my whole colon.
Any sort of blood though is obviously a concern, it is only really useful if bright blood changes to darker blood with a bleed as it would suggest the bleed is resolving.