Bloody Bm After Gluten?

[LittleFrench]

I have been going gluten free for about 4 months now. Before I started the diet I was having a lot of abdominal pain and blood in my stool (sorry to be so descriptive...) Anyway my dear sweet husband accidentally glutened me about 3 days ago (he feels horrible about it), and I realized it right after having eaten 2 portions of the dinner. I knew to expect the pain again, and of course I have felt really sick, but I've also been having deep red/burgundy colored BM's for 2 days now. I know it's probably due to bleeding in my intestines, but has anyone else had this happen? Should I call my doc or wait a few days and let it pass? In the past when there was blood it was only microscopic so I've never seen evidence of bleeding to this degree... any suggestions?

[Dixiebell]

If you have blood in your stool, you should call your Dr. today and see if they can help you. You might have something else going on too and better to be on the safe side of things.

[Emilushka]

If you have blood in your stool, you should call your Dr. today and see if they can help you. You might have something else going on too and better to be on the safe side of things.

I agree completely. Don't ignore blood in your poop. Go in and see the doc - it may be nothing, but could just be that the reaction to gluten irritated something ELSE in the intestines that needs to be treated. Please do go in and see your doctor, LittleFrench.

[ravenwoodglass]

I experience this also after being glutened and it lasts about 3 days. If I am glutened bad enough I will even pass just blood after the D has cleared my system. I didn't have blood in my stool while I was eating gluten daily so it really scared me when it showed up in my second challenge for the endo and in subsequent glutenings. Scopes have shown no serious issues but as mentioned by the other posters it is a good idea to touch base with your doctor to be on the safe side.