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Answered by Dr. Erioli Braholli

What can cause blood in stools?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I'm sorry to hear about your concerns regarding bleeding during bowel movements. It is essential to consider several potential causes for this symptom. The most likely issue in your case could be an Anal fissure, which is often associated with pain and hard stools. Medical treatment with local creams like Betamethasone and Lidocaine, oral Pilex tablets, and stool softeners may be effective.

May 13, 2026

How can squamous cell carcinoma in my relative be treated?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Squamous cell carcinomas of the lip rank as the prevailing malignant tumors within the oral cavity. Typically, their primary treatment involves surgical excision, although alternative approaches like radiotherapy and topical cytostatic creams are also considered, and a combination of methods might be employed based on factors like tumor location, extent of spread, and the oncologist's discretion. The five-year and ten-year survival rates stand at 75 % and 50 %, respectively, for overall surveillance. Well-differentiated carcinomas tend to exhibit a more favorable surgical response.

February 2, 2026

What is the possibility of ovarian cancer from mom’s biopsy?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As you are saying, the results of a biopsy must be taken to determine if it is cancer or not. An idea may be given by the operating surgeon, who has seen the formation of tissue, but without a biopsy, there is no 100 % accuracy. If the mass was found only in the womb, then it may be a benign origin, and the prognosis is good. If the mass was spread on both the ovary and the womb, then the chances are that it is an ovarian cancer.

January 8, 2026

Is my painful bowel movement and anal pimple a hemorrhoid?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. Based on your description, it might be a haemorrhoid or a perianal abscess. If it is in a lower grade, some medical therapy may be proven to ease the pain and inflammation. But a medical consultation would be necessary to determine that condition.

January 2, 2026

How can I manage bleeding after pilonidal surgery?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. As a matter of fact, the worst thing of pilonidal sinus is that it can be repeated after treatment including surgery. Since you have been operated lately, I would recommend you to go through a cure of antibiotics as a first try. Because, it may be an infection of the wound and also a new infected cyst. I would prefer Ceftriaxone and Metronidazole as a combination for 10 days.

December 29, 2025

How should I manage my recurring painful thigh hematoma?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. 1. Hematomas are solved conservatively and only in severe cases when they give compression of an organ and are resolved surgically. This is not a big one (attachment removed to protect patient identity). 2.

December 29, 2025

How can I prepare for Nissen fundoplication surgery safely?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. There are no special measures you have to take for the surgery. Just maintain a light and watery diet for a week before surgery. The last two days (especially the last one), you can take any laxatives such as magnesium sulfate to clean and empty your intestine so that surgeons will have less difficulty.

December 20, 2025

How is a bladder fistula from Crohn’s disease treated?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. Enterovesical fistula formed due to Crohn's disease is treated therapeutically with the help of antibiotics, steroids, and cytostatics. Catheters are used for urinary drainage and parenteral feeding. This is the preferred way of treatment.

December 18, 2025

Can an autologous stem cell transplant cure Hodgkin's lymphoma?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. First-line therapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma is chemotherapy. ABVD is the most common scheme (Adriamycin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine). Second-line chemotherapy, salvage therapy, and radiation may be used if the first therapy fails, as you said in your query, which has not had the expected results. Stem cell transplant is one of the methods of treatment usually used in young patients and is used in your case as the last weapon.

December 2, 2025

I have a fleshy growth over the stitches of appendicectomy. What is it?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The fleshy lumps you are feeling in the incision area are granulomas due to the body's reaction against the material of the stitches. Sometimes, they go away using anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics. So, I would suggest Clarithromycin and Ibuprofen twice daily for 10 days. Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with him or her, and take the medicine with consent.

November 11, 2025

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