Blood In Stool Occult Positive

If you have an average risk of colon cancer your doctor may recommend repeating the test yearly.

Blood in stool occult positive. A positive fecal occult blood test means that blood has been found in the stool. Your doctor will have to determine the source of the bleeding. A fecal occult blood test is considered positive if blood is detected in your stool samples. A negative fecal occult blood test means no blood was detected in the stool at the time of the test.

For the fit a positive result indicates abnormal bleeding in the lower digestive tract. Fecal occult blood testing fobt is testing that is performed on samples of stool in order to detect occult blood blood that is not visible to the naked eye in otherwise normal colored stool fecal occult blood usually is a result of slow often intermittent bleeding from inside the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract. When the doctor does a rectal exam and smears a stool sample on a card to test for blood in the stool or gives you a paper to drop into the toilet to look for a color change this is known as testing for occult gastrointestinal bleeding. While this bleeding could be caused by colon cancer other possible causes include ulcers polyps or hemorrhoids.