Internal bleeding

[Hazeg]

Morning all I was wondering if I can get some advice my friend phoned me the other night and I was telling her what meds I was on and she was telling her husband and he told me to stop taking meds because some of them can give you internal bleeding and can be dangerous and I told him the only time I will stop taking my meds is if Drs at hospital tell me too. I was wondering if this can be cause of bleeding when I go poo please can anybody advise me.

[Midgeymoo17]

It can but seriously it is far more likely to be the innocent micro tears that can happen due to constipation than it is to be a bleeding ulcer. Where I would draw the distinction: if the bloods only visible when you wipe you are perfectly safe to continue. If your stools look black/ tarry or more than a drop if blood is in the toilet bowel you need to see a doctor.

[Nathan53]

Hello Hazeg - are you passing blood and if so is it bright red or a darker Reddy brown colour? or do you just notice blood on toilet paper? If you are on ticagrelor or clopidigrel they can cause some bleeding - if it's a small amount of bright red blood it's likely to be a small broken blood vessel same as you can get in the lining of nose. Very important not to stop medication Hazeg as you could then form a blood clot in an artery which is a serious condition. Consult your GP if it continues or you feel it's a change in bowel habits.

[Hazeg in reply to Nathan53]

Hi Nathan53

Its only when I wipe myself I would not stop taking my meds as my family and myself went through enough when I had the 5 cardiac arrests and was in hospital for 8 days and I definitely am not going to put them through that again. I have been taking 75mg of aspirin also but that stopped yesterday as the Drs at hospital only gave me them for a month and the Clopidogrel I am on for a year but my other meds I am on for life. I really do appreciate your reply Nathan thank you so much has put my mind at rest quite a bit thank you again.

[Prada47 in reply to Hazeg]

HI Nathan

Is the Aspirin not part of the Anti Platelet therapy I was given both Clopidrogel 75mg and Aspirin 75mg for 1 year

[Prada47 in reply to Prada47]

Sorry should have addressed the reply to Hazeg

[Hazeg in reply to Prada47]

I was given aspirin 75mg just from 28/10 to 28/11 and Clopidogrel 28/10/2017 till 28/10/2019 that's all

[jimmyq]

You should discuss it with your doctor.

[Nathan53]

Like prada47 says aspirin is normally given along with clopidigrel - it's known as dual platelet therapy. Query with GP just incase there has been an oversight.

[Hazeg in reply to Nathan53]

Thank you Nathan53 I do have appointment this afternoon at 3pm with heart failure nurse I am gonna mention it to her as I am on 75mg Clopidogrel I was on 75mg asprin until yesterday I was only on them for a month so I am hoping it is a combination of both tablets but I am gonna mention it this after noon thank you Nathan