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  • Diarrhea containing blood

  • Stool mixed with blood and mucus

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Learn more about Diverticular bleeding

Content updated on Sep 14, 2022

What is diverticular bleeding?

The walls of the intestines sometimes have small pouches called diverticula. Risk factors include chronic constipation, aging, and obesity.

Symptoms of diverticular bleeding

  • Blood in stool

Questions your doctor may ask to check for diverticular bleeding

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose diverticular bleeding

  • Is there blood in your stool?

Treatment for diverticular bleeding

This needs emergency medical care. To stop the bleeding, specialists may use a scope (camera) in the intestines to find the bleeding and seal it through burning or pressure. Other options include putting a wire through the bloodstream under X-ray guidance - this will find the blood vessel that is bleeding and plug it. Surgery is a final option for severe bleeding that does not respond to the above treatments.

View the symptoms of Diverticular bleeding

  • Blood in stool

References

  • Wan D, Krisko T. Diverticulosis, Diverticulitis, and Diverticular Bleeding. Clin Geriatr Med. 2021 Feb;37(1):141-154. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2020.08.011. PMID: 33213768.

    https://www.geriatric.theclinics.com/article/S0749-0690(20)30067-7/fulltext

  • Wilkins T, Baird C, Pearson AN, Schade RR. Diverticular bleeding. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Nov 1;80(9):977-83. PMID: 19873964.

    https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2009/1101/p977.html

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Maxwell J. Nanes

Maxwell J. Nanes, DO (Emergency department)

Dr Nanes received a doctorate from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete a residency in emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. There he trained at Froedtert Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in the practice of adult and pediatric emergency medicine. He was a chief resident and received numerous awards for teaching excellence during his time there. | | After residency he took a job at a community hospital where he and his colleagues worked through the toughest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. |

Aiko Yoshioka

Aiko Yoshioka, MD (Gastroenterology)

Dr. Yoshioka graduated from the Niigata University School of Medicine. He worked as a gastroenterologist at Saiseikai Niigata Hospital and Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital before serving as the Deputy Chief of Gastroenterology at Tsubame Rosai Hospital and Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital. Dr. Yoshioka joined Saitama Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital as Chief of Gastroenterology in April 2018.

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