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What's wrong with pregnant women having blood in their stools?

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Asked on:Apr 15, 2026 11:49 PM

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  • Dakota Dakota

    Apr 15, 2026

      What happens when pregnant women have blood in their stools? what to do ? During pregnancy, gastric acid secretion decreases and gastrointestinal motility slows down. In addition, during pregnancy, Uterus Direct pressure on the rectum makes it easy for stool to clump in the intestine. Therefore, it is easy to cause the veins in the lower rectum to rupture, bleed, and develop into hemorrhoids.

      In addition, during childbirth fetus Compression, or premature use of abdominal pressure to help the fetus deliver, can also cause temporary hemorrhoids, but they will generally shrink within 4 months, but there are also a few people whose hemorrhoids worsen.

      Pregnant women suffering from hemorrhoids should mainly rely on dietary regulation and daily fumigation and sitz baths to treat them. Surgery is generally not used. Even if the condition is very serious, surgical treatment should not be performed until after the puerperium.

      1. Stop eating spicy and irritating foods, such as wine, chili, pepper, pepper, ginger, onion, garlic, etc. Eat less food that is not easy to digest, which may cause constipate , aggravate hemorrhoids. Eat more vegetables and fruits that contain fiber and have a moisturizing and laxative effect, such as spinach, day lily, fungus, apples, peaches, pears, bananas, melons, etc. If you have difficulty defecating, you can eat honey or some foods containing vegetable oil, such as sesame seeds, walnut kernels, etc.

      2. For sitz bath, you can use rhubarb, Phellodendron, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Sophora flavescens decoction in water. Use it after defecation or twice a day in the morning and evening. Fumigate the affected area while it is hot and then wash the affected area for 15-20 minutes each time. You can also use decoctions of mugwort leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, Sophora japonica or Sophora japonica flowers, purslane, figs, Platycladus orientalis leaves, etc. for fumigation and sitz bathing. You can also use Zhichuang Ning suppository and other drugs after defecation and sitz bath.

      3. Reduce the time of standing or sitting for a long time to make blood circulation smoother. >>>> Must eat for pregnant women13grow food

      4. Pregnant women can also do some exercises to promote local blood circulation in the anus: contract the anus on your own for 1 minute, relax and then contract again, 3 times in a row, 3-7 times a day.