WHY I HAVE BLOOD IN MY STOOL
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GlyCAT BLOOD TEST
I did have blood and the runs after eating Activia; runs for past week and a half + blood
At morning or at evening. The question is about blood donation, not blood test. A question for blood test would be : What is the best time for a blood test? Giving blood means donation. Lab test means that some of your blood will be taken out for testing purposes.
Negative blood in stool test means no blood was found in that particular smear from that particular stool sample. Good news.
One may be referring to an heme-occult stool test - a test whereby one determines whether there is blood in the stool or not.
That would refer to having another stool test (testing fecal matter for blood).A re-test is a do over.
They test stool for a lot of things, but drugs, so far as I know, are not one of the things they test it for. (Mostly stool samples are tested for bacteria and blood.) To test stool for drugs they'd have to liquify it, for starters. It would just be easier to ask for urine instead of stool.
It's great that there's no blood in your stool, but many patients can have colon cancer or precancerous colon lesions without having a positive guaiac test. Because so many cases are missed by the test for hidden blood in the stool, colonoscopy makes sense.
Warfarin is a medication in the class of anticoagulants or blood thinners. Warfarin levels are checked through the blood and can not be adequately determined in the urine or stool.
When testing stool for occult blood, if the stool is hematest positive, it indicates occult blood. Note that a false-positive finding may occur if the person has ingested significant amounts of red meat within 3 days of the test.
WHY I HAVE BLOOD IN MY STOOL
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Mostly stool samples are tested for bacteria and blood. To test stool for drugs they'd have to liquify it so it would just be easier to ask for urine instead of stool.
what do you do when u have blood in your stool
Hemoquant, another fecal occult blood test, is used to detect as much as 500 mg/g of blood in the stool. Like the Hemoccult, the Hemoquant test is affected by red meat. It is not affected by chemicals in vegetables.