What is the reason for postpartum bleeding?

Some women experience bleeding in their stools after childbirth. The bleeding may be dark red and mixed evenly with the stool, or it may be tarry. You should be alert to various rectal diseases. In addition, it is also possible that postpartum upper gastrointestinal bleeding causes bloody stools. At this time, the mother's stool is black, mainly because the blood has been mixed with the stool for too long. The following are the specific reasons for continuous bleeding in the stool after childbirth.

Diseases of the digestive tract itself, such as ruptured and bleeding esophageal/gastric varicose veins, stomach and intestinal ulcers and inflammation, parasitic infections, tumors (including polyps and cancer), hemorrhoids, intussusception, anal fissures, dry stool abrasions, etc.

Diseases of systems other than the digestive tract, such as blood diseases, acute infectious diseases, vitamin deficiencies, poisoning or drug toxicity, etc.

Intestinal polyps cause: bright red blood, painless, blood and stool are not mixed; can also be seen in bacterial dysentery, intussusception, blood system diseases, etc. Caused by hemorrhoids, anal fistula, anal fissure, intestinal polyps, intestinal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, etc.

Hemorrhoids: Internal and external hemorrhoids of all stages and mixed hemorrhoids can cause bleeding in the stool, usually with fresh blood in the stool or blood dripping after defecation. External hemorrhoids generally do not cause bleeding in the stool.

Intestinal polyps: painless bleeding in the stool. Bleeding occurs during bowel movements and stops after bowel movements. The amount of blood varies. Generally, the blood does not mix with the feces. However, if the polyps are located high and the number is large, they may be mixed with the feces.

Anal fissure causes bleeding in the stool. The bleeding pattern is that there is blood on one side of the stool surface, which is not mixed with the stool. Some patients have blood dripping after defecation.

Through the above introduction, I believe friends have a general understanding of the reasons for continuous bleeding in stool after childbirth. In addition, it should be noted that some diseases, such as rectal cancer and colon cancer, are very serious, and the initial symptoms are only bloody stools, with no other manifestations. At this time, you must go to the hospital for a detailed examination so that the disease can be discovered early and active treatment measures can be taken.