Dear Feather,
This sounds more to me like an infectious type of
diarrhea meaning that you had
food poisoning from the food that you ate. The infectious agent is usually a virus. These infections are usually self limited and should not cause any harm unless the
diarrhea is so severe to the extent of causing dehydration.
Blood in the stools is an alarming symptom. My advice is that to see a doctor if the
blood in the stools does not go away after the
diarrhea is gone.
Blood in the stools with
diarrhea usually means that the inside of the colon is inflammed from the infection.
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Yasser Mokhtar, M.D.
