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Blood in the stool of babies is always a concern and should be investigated. Some of the causes include food allergies, infection of the bowels (bacterial gastroenteritis), anal fissure, and rarely, intussusception.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

14 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Buttock, Lower abdomen

Is Symptom of

Food-borne illness (food poisoning)
Condition
Anal fissure
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Colonic diseases
Condition
Ulcerative colitis
Condition
Colitis
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