Question
My baby is 80 days old, and during one bowel movement, there were two spots of mucus with blood. This phenomenon then disappeared. Is this symptom normal?
Answer
Blood in a child’s stool is often a dangerous signal of various diseases, indicating the presence of bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract. Both internal and surgical diseases are common. Repeated blood in the stool of a baby can likely lead to anemia or malnutrition in the child, and a large amount of blood can cause hemorrhagic shock, even threatening life. Take your child to the hospital for a check-up. If the blood is from hard stool, it may be due to a crack in the anal skin, which should be a small amount of bleeding. If there is more bleeding, take your child to the hospital.