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blood on your toilet paper
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red streaks on the outside of your poo
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pink water in the toilet bowl
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blood in your poo or bloody diarrhoea
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dark, smelly poo (this can be blood mixed in poo)
FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NHS
Blood in Poo
One of the earlier signs of bowel can be passing blood in your faeces or poo. There can be numerous other reasons for blood in you poo and if this only happens once or occasionally, you should be aware but not too concerned. If it persists for three weeks or longer, ask your GP for an urgent appointment so that it can be checked out, especially if your poo is black or dark re or you have bloody diarrhoea for no obvious reason
SEEK URGENT MEDICAL ADVICE BY CALLING 999 OR GO DIRECTLY TO YOUR NEAREST A&E IF THERE IS A LOT OF BLOOD – FOR INSTANCE, IF THE TOILET WATER TURNS RED AND YOU CAN SEE CLOTS OF BLOOD.
What to look out for: