Normal bowel movements but still a little blood

Do you happen to have a hemmie?

I agree that you could be dealining with a hemme.

alright no hemmies i'm pretty sure! Had a sigmoidoscopy done about a month ago, and I've had the bleeding before that.. it is like at the end of the bowel movement when i wipe my bottom theres a streak of blood and then i keep wiping it and theres still small streaks.. The results came in as Mild and close to remission..

I do take probiotics and my diet is modified abit to myself (not eating oily foods and what i think makes me worse), being new to this, i haven't had alot of time to get to know my colon properly..

and once again...are you considering rectal meds?

Are you having any streaks on the stool?

Good you're on probiotics. You can add fibre supplements to the mix.

I suspect fissure rather than hemmie.
Squat over a mirror and take a look yourself ... a fissure will look like a cut in the anal folds.

Please don't apologise about perceived too much information such as blood. That's a daily issue for many and we talk about it continually.

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You should ask your DR to prescribe rectal meds. For some reason, some GIs are reluctant to discuss them with patients, but the literature and the experience of many is that they are very effective at inducing and maintaining remission.

Hey Conquer UC, Thank you!

With my sigmoidoscopy i was having on/off diarrhea, with blood.. but not as bad as a while back...

and yeah I do have other symptoms...
Right now not as much

I was at a bad stage about 3months ago, constant D, lots of blood, lost 5-10KGs, and did the pred cycles again and again to fix it.

I had one really weird symptom, don't know if anyone else had this, but i had constant upper stomach pain, it felt sort of like i was inflamed or something.... It got to a stage where i could feel it while i was walking..
The doctor said it sounds like ulcers or something like that...
That has sort of gone away... thank god....

Sami,

Yes it may be hemeroides but I for one have long bleeding after flare ups and it is not hemeroid related . I don't consider myself in remission until all traces of blood are gone however as it indicates there is still some inflammation/ulcers/or irritation in the rectum/colon.

In my case, it can drag on for several months, with blood being my only symptom. I keep at the full dose of meds and YES rectal meds, to really clear things up. If a streak is still what you are seeing, and it seems to be your only symptom, don't worry to much about it. Think of it this way, sores on any other part of you body don't heal overnight, and especially not when they are kept in warm humid conditions that have daily 'irritation' from something (in this case stools).

Just keep watch, I find tracking my BMs with detail helps to see the progress - from day to day it is less obvious but over time you see that the bm's with blood decrease or visible amount of blood decreases...

Since you are decreasing prednisone, watch for other symptoms too as pred can just mask problems.

Good luck.

I don't really think its haemorrhoids but who knows.. The reason why I don't think its haemorrhoids is because the doctor would have found it in the sigmoidoscopy, wouldn't he of?

I have no clue what rectal meds are at all.. doctor hasn't recommended them to me as my UC started of as VERY MILD (what the doctor said) and gradually got worse then better then worse again then better lol!
It's reallllllllllly done my head in UC SUCKS!

Conquer UC, right now I do feel like that in the morning aswell, just these last 2 days, i feel very uncomfortable in the upper area of the stomach, slightly inflamed. FORGOT TO MENTION when i have this upper pain i feel feverish, and sometimes light headed do you feel that?
I'm from the South Eastern suburbs.

thanks for the suggestions and help!

Hi Sami,

Yes, this happens to me sometimes too. I have fully formed normal stools except for the occasional (1-2 times a week) streak of blood or blood on TP. My doctor really thinks that this is just maybe a "new normal" or still getting back to normal after a bad flare and is not concerned. I had this happen last weekend, and then on Friday showed a normal colonoscopy. Go figure. I also thought it was hemorrhoids, but my doc assured me it was not.

I used to HATE rectal meds (mostly the idea of them), but canasa did me so much good I have NO qualms about using it now. My doc didn't really want me using them if I had pancolitis (said it was inefficient), but I always felt better when I did. Now I take them occasionally.

Ok i know you said you don't have any haemorrhoids BUT if your bottom is hurting when you wipe then this is a classic symptom of haemorrhoids. keep in mind that those nasty buggers can develop at any time so while you may not have had them last month, you could still have developed them now or say a week ago. It normally happens as your BMs are starting to harden up. So alot of us get it just as we are entering remission. Sucks i know!!!
Still, rectal meds are a good idea.