The nurse is caring for a patient who periodically has small streaks of fresh red blood in his stool. The patient denies abdominal pain or loss of appetite. What is the most likely cause of this patient's bleeding?
a. Hemorrhoids
b. Bleeding gastric ulcer
c. Colon polyps
d. Perforated colon
ANS: A
Bleeding hemorrhoids can lead to small streaks of fresh red blood in the stool. Bleeding gastric ulcer would lead to black, tarry stools as the blood is digested. Colon polyps do not cause bleeding.
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