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Red Jelly like Stool from my 2year old
My son has been having on & off fevers sonce last december & has been getting worse lately lasting 8days in a row at most but the doctors have just put it doen to being unlucky and catching unexplained viruses... anyway just now he has had the weirdest poo with red chunks that kind of look like jelly so I'm worried he may have some kind of infectio
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Dear Parent,  How many times he had red jelly like blood in stool??? What quantity?? What other complaints like fever/ pain while bleeding/ constipation/ diarrhoea/ vomiting/ irritability if these symptoms are there we should think of surgical causes So before commenting need proper history including his last few meals.... Usually fresh blood will come out as red jelly like stool may be affected area is lower GI tract because internal small bleeds from upper GI will mixed with stools and it will become black So we are dealing with Lower GI tract..  And please mention details about his fever pattern from last 9 months!!! Duration/ Measured temperature/ Releiving medicines/ other associated complaints/ how much fever affect his daily routine.
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