Occult blood
Template:Search infobox Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Occult blood is blood in the feces in amounts that cannot be seen by the eye however it can be detected through tests.
Causes
Causes in Alphabetical Order[1][2]
- Angiodysplasia of the colon
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Diverticula
- Esophageal varices
- Fissures
- Gastrointestinal trauma
- Gastrointestinal tumor
- Gastric carcinoma
- GM-CSF Therapy
- Hemorrhoids
- Hiatal hernia
- Infections
- Inflammation
- Intestinal polyposis
- Loeffler's syndrome
- NSAIDs
- Portal hypertension