Bowel movement question! I don't know if Im acting correctly about it?

[Anonymous]

To start off with, constipation is part of my huge history. I got diagnosed with constipation like 4 years ago. But kinda the majority of the time, (there are times when it doesn't happen) my stool is REALLY hard where I push and push as hard as I can, feeling scared, in pain, I make myself sweat and almost cry, I run out of breath.. trying to get it out. I remember that happening a few times now in the past month or so. And this time, I had to deal with that plus I noticed that there was blood spots on my stool. What the heck is wrong with me? And plus I go when I need to go really bad and I can't tell earlier.
P. S. If I need to then I can call and make an appointment with my primary care doctor because I think I need to see a doc for an ankle problem so I could add that. Thank you in advance

[Bubble_stubble]

How much blood? If there wasn't a lot you might have burst a blood vessel if you were bearing down and putting a lot of pressure on your bowels. If over the counter laxatives don't work for you ask your doc for a stronger prescription. I don't know how much info and advice you've gotten in the past but adding fiber to your diet could make things go a bit smoother

[Asker]

There were all these spots of it. Maybe half of what I saw?

[Asker]

My caregiver says she makes sure that she gives me things in my diet for it but maybe I need something different

[Bubble_stubble]

Well, no blood is good but it doesn't sound like it's a serious GI bleed that you would need to get checked out immediately. Has this ever happened before?

Honestly the best thing for you to do is to see your practitioner, which it sounds like you're already doing.

[Asker]

I've seen it happen before. It doesn't happen every time I go but I've experienced the hard and pain at least several times if not more. I've lost track because of it happening so much actually. And the bleeding with it I've noticed about a few times maybe. And I took a shower right after it last night and of course that was painful and it felt like there was something there irritating it. And my whole life I've always really cared about my health but I tend to have problems jumping to conclusions, freaking out and like self diagnosing. So I think it would be stupid to just assume it's pinworms again or something

[Neko_Chan]

There's medication to soften it. The blood is probably from your anus tearing due to your stool being hard. I think you should definitely make an appointment with your doctor, though.

[Asker]

Is that bad? And maybe I need to schedule an appointment and see my doctor for that and my ankle

[Neko_Chan]

If it's just tearing, it's probably not a huge deal (though it could lead to infection).

It would be best to see your doctor, because I'm sure that this is treatable.

[xxbebosxx]

you need a bowel softener or something that will help you with your movement