Could this be blood in my stool?

Question

Recently I have noticed a change in my bowel movements, moving from constipation to diarrhea. I began to think from research that it was just IBS. my stool no longer is diarrhea though. On sunday I discovered 3 small light pieces of stool that had small red blotches or streaks in them, amidst loose stool. I had eaten some red peppers about 6 hours earlier. Yesterday I thought my movements were sort of reverting back to normal. But today, just a few hours ago, I woke up from a nap and went to the bathroom, it was somewhat normal stool. After I ate I went to the bathroom again, but this time my stool was blackish brown. about 25 minuites later I went to the bathroom again, but found another one of those pieces Identical to one on sunday (My stool was a lighter shade of brown). Could my body still be digesting the pepers? or is this blood? 
Toilet paper doesn't become pink or red when I wipe with it. It is simply a shade of brown. I have lower abdominal pain whenever I have to use the bathroom/am using it, but it is usually isn't too bad.

So I'm asking 2 questions-
Could those small pieces be blood,
and could this be IBS, or something more serious?

? · Accepted Answer

While most people don't examine their stool after having a bowel movement, it may be one of the most important things that you can do for your digestive health. The color of your stool can tell you all sorts of things about the health of your digestive system, ranging from what you ate the previous night to having dangerous bleeding in your colon. 

I'm going to post a link that tells you all about what all different colors of stools mean. It includes possible health causes, possible dietary causes, & solutions & suggestions. Hope it helps!

Anonymous · Answer

I had IBS and I found a cure! If I where you I would add this to your diet.
get 1 jar of usda organic coconut oil.
2 make sure its glass
eat between 1-4 table spoons of it per day and you can use it as a butter replacment!
it got rid of my ibs and I had that for years oh the pain was intense! i'm so glad its gone all thanks to this coconut oil + when you get sick you can eat it and get better "fast!" I recoverd from mono with it in 2 weeks! when I get a soar throat it goes away in 1-3 hours usualy with the oil! stuff works great! also it does work as a deodorant!

you can get the stuff off amazon and the vitimin shoppe they have it or any health food store if one is near by if not amazon does have it.

Could this be blood in my stool?

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