Guest guest Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 Even though you don't think you have hemorrhoids, my guess would be that this is the cause of your bright red blood. If anything were happening "up top" in your esophagus, the blood would NOT be bright red when it exited the other end. Blood in the gut comes out black, often looking like coffee grounds. Bright red blood means it exited the blood vessel recently compared to when it exited your body. Debbi Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 21:18:25 -0800 (PST) From: Kari Dishart <karisafari2002@...>Subject: Re: BLOOD!Hi, everyone!Sorry I have not posted in so long, but I have been onvacation, and have tried for a while to act as if I donot have achalasia!Anyhow, back from vacation, and back to reality. Iwas wondering if anyone has experienced blood in thestool that was actually directly related to achalasia. I started to notice it about a week ago, right afterI returned from a 12 day trip to Mexico. I thought itmay be some sort of intestinal bug from bad food orwater, but since I have had no diaharrea or vomiting,or any upset stomach, I ruled that out.What I have experienced over the last five days aresevere spasms, which I am wondering if they have to dowith bleeding in the esophagus. The blood in thestool is striped, and bright red, indicating that itis fresh blood. I also do not have symptoms of, andhave never had hemmorhoids.If anyone has had this, can you please let me know? Iwill also make an appt. to see doc. tomorrow.Thank you,Kari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 > Wanita wrote: > > <It was a diet of mostly carbs for me. More animal protein, good fat and less carbs stopped that and 80% of pain in a few months.> ************ I have had the heavy period problem for years, and it has just recently gotten better (past 6 cycles or so). I have been trying to figure out what changes have helped and I think the reduction in grains (especially refined grains) has helped a lot, just as Wanita experienced. But, I also had re-started going to the gym around about the same time. I had gone to the gym durng the times when my periods were heavy, but this time I am lifting weights more than before. Don't know if that has something to do with it, or if it is just a coincidence. Years ago I thought I would up my soy intake to try and alleviate the problem, thinking if I was short on estrogen I could replenish with soy. Surprise, it did nothing to help and even may have made it worse. When I started having this problem, I went to my gyn and they did all sorts of tests and never found anything. Finally the gyn (a man) said something like " well, you're not as young as you used to be " . I think I was about 23 years old when that happened, LOL. That lost him my business. What about Evening Primrose oil, do you think that would be helpful, too? Vivian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 Suze, What determines if one's bleeding is heavy enough to be considered " abnormal " ? *************** This is from " about.com " : A good rule of thumb to help you determine weather your bleeding is abnormal is: a.. If you are soaking through enough sanitary protection products to require changing more than every one or two hours, or having a period that lasts over seven days, you are probably experiencing heavy menstruation. Some sites also say that 2 oz. or less during your period is considered normal - but obviously that is tough to gauge. Bleeding for more than 7 days, or bleeding between periods, are also symptoms of abnormal bleeding. Vivian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Hi Kate, The thing that helped me was to get more preformed vitamin A, such as in cod liver oil. If you don't add vitamin A to your supplemental iron, you will have heavy bleeding. http://www.antiaging.com/cyberhealth/CyberHealth_19.htm Research in South Africa has shown that the preformed vitamin A in cod liver oil helped cure 92% of the cases of heavy bleeding. http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/vitaminasaga.html Another thing has has helped me (before I started taking the cod liver oil) was to avoid soy. Before I learned from the WAPF site how to eat better, I got most of my soy from fast food and commercial salad dressings. I didn't eat tofu or soy shakes or that sort of thing. I also got some soy from commercial bread and crackers and baked goods. (You tell me if you can find any commercial baked goods that don't contain some form of soy!) After I started avoiding soy, I saw some relief from heavy bleeding and long periods. When I added the cod liver oil, about 12-14 months after the dietary changes, that really cured it. If I stopped the CLO, the heavy bleeding would return. If I got back on CLO, the heavy bleeding stopped. > > > Dear all, > > Does anyone have thoughts about what might cause very heavy periods? > At the moment whatever iron I put into myself, falls right out again > at the other end, in big gushes. It didn't used to be like this. I > did wonder if it's an oestrogen -progesterone balance thing, and if > so, what I can eat that would give me a bit more of the latter... > > I know it's one of those things that can be caused by all kinds of > things, but I'd be interested to hear what the experiences of other > women are.... > > Thanks, > Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Dear all, Thanks for all these helpful thoughts - I will try a few things this month, beginning with a bit of fish oil and lots of mushrooms - and see if this makes any difference. (I've also got hold of some pascalite which looks like interesting stuff....) I'll let you know how I get on. Cheers, Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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