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Rectal blood before going gluten free?

Sarahcat58

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So before I went gluten free, I would get a a ting of blood with mucus on the toilet paper when I wiped. I wouldn’t call it bleeding, it was just noticeable. I would get that roughly every couple of months, so very rarely but enough to notice. At one time the blood was dark red, the following time it happened the blood was bright red. Both times accompanying mucus, and always a few hours AFTER a bowel movement, (never with stool directly). Like I said though it was very small amounts only noticeable on toilet paper. I’ve heard this is just a symptom of inflammation from gluten intolerance. I know at some point I need to get a colonoscopy, but I’m not too concerned. What I’m concerned about is the color of the blood, from what I’ve read, dark blood isn’t good because it means it came from further in your gut, red blood is better because it comes from the colon. So I’m a little confused, is it possible to have blood differing in colors from inflammation? 

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I can give you a HIGHLY likely culprit but will need a doctor to confirm. I got this after going gluten free for celiac, and it flared with certain foods. Doctors said I had Ulcerative Colitis, they put me on a RX that stopped it but later could not get it when I lost insurance ($690a month) I found diet and supplements stopped it. UC has different designations depending on the section of the large intestines it is in but commonly will cause bleeding and mucus in the stool. Gluten, soy and dairy are common triggers, some flare to coffee, or chocolate thankfully I do not but I do flare to fructose, glucose, and carbs.....so I had to go Keto/Atkins to deal with.....I always had assumed for years the blood, bloat, etc from fruit/sugar was bad gut bacteria lol.

I did a post awhile back about alternative ulcerative colitis treatments stuff  like slipper elm and marshmallow root powder act like bandages for the gut sticking to damaged and inflamed areas allowing it time to heal while aloe vera inner fillet juice can also help soothe it.

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I get blood like that when I eat dairy.  Or did anyway.  There is something called casein sensitive enteropathy that can cause irritation in the gut from eating dairy.  A simple test is to eliminate all dairy for a couple weeks and see if it goes away.  If not you should see a doctor.

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