Do you have friends who are nurses? Or a doctor friend that can bring you a hemocult test? Otherwise you can buy the kit for ten dollars. Some foods can stain the stool. Don't let it go by the wayside. Remember seven signs of cancer. Not trying to scare you but colorectal cancer is serious business.

Change in bowel or bladder habits could be a sign of colorectal cancer.

Asore that does not heal on the skin or in the mouth could be a malignancy and should be checked by a doctor.

Unusual bleeding or discharge from the rectum, bladder or vagina could mean colorectal, prostate, bladder or cervical cancer.

Thickening of breast tissue or a new lump in the breast is a warning sign of breast cancer. A lump in the testes could mean testicular cancer.

Indigestion or trouble swallowing could be cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus or stomach.

Obvious changes to moles or warts could mean skin cancer.

Nagging cough or hoarseness that persists for four to six weeks could be a sign of lung or throat cancer.

Hi

Some foods wil lstains stools.

If you suspect blood in the stool usually this would repeat itself day after day?

IF your stools are dark then you may have something going on there, best to seek advice from doctor and get a diagnosis first to put your mind at rest.

I have met someone who survived bowel cancer twice and this is the first thing she told me about stool colour the darker it is the more likly something is brewing up there.
Tiggs

Just as general purpose information/advice that tends to come from orthodoxy as well as alternative practitioners alike, if the blood-like stuff in stools is bright red, this indicates (operative word - indicator, not a 100 percent definite, just an indicator) that there may be bleeding that is occurring, like, now, this moment, ongoing, and as such, somewhere near the exit bowel/colon (rectum). It may be in your interest to investigate why you are bleeding from the bottom end. This is not all bad news. There are often times fairly benign reasons why people are bleeding from the bottom end, namely hemorrhoids or something along those lines.... fissures .... tears. These can exist anywhere, starting at or near the anus, and all the way back into the farther reaches of the bowels and further. However, as a general guideline (not 100 percent, but a guideline), if the source of blood in stools is from deeper into the bowels, like, towards the upper end of large intestines or perhaps even into the small intestines, chance are good that by the time the bloody stuff is passed, it will no longer be bright red, but darker red instead. If the dark red stuff is from blood, the darkness indicates that it is not fresh like bright red blood tends to be.

There are many potential other benign reasons for stools to come out looking bloody, either bright or dark. A few that I've experienced first hand happens within a day or less of having eaten beets, or, home-made sauce from home-grown, home-prepared tomatoes. The latter does tend to produce stools that are close (but not quite) bright red. Beets as a for instance are something that has always been somewhat of a staple in my family, but in particular, pickled beets. These kinds of beets often start out as fresh beets, with tops, purchased from a local farmer. The pickling juice is what tends to provide the ultra-refined / processed ingredients, preservatives , un-natural chemicals, etc. Pickled beets usually do not produce blood-like stools for me. On the other hand, fresh-picked beets that have been juiced, this is a different situation, at least, for me it has been. Within 12 hours or less of having consumed fresh-picked, raw juiced beets, stools come out dark red / purple.