Is stool test positive serious?

Stool examination occult blood positive, suggesting that the patient has gastrointestinal bleeding, but gastrointestinal bleeding is only symptomatic examination, should trace the patient's specific cause, such as oral mucosa rupture, swallow to the stomach, discharge to the intestinal tract can also cause stool occult blood positive. There are esophagitis, erosive gastritis, peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal malignant tumor, etc., may cause stool occult blood positive. However, if it is peptic ulcer, chronic gastritis, malignant tumor and so on caused by stool occult blood positive, generally accompanied by abdominal symptoms, such as abdominal pain, acid reflux, heartburn, weight loss and so on, so it is suggested that patients should go to the hospital to perfect gastroscopy, enteroscopy and other examinations, clear diagnosis.