Admission to the hospital is not required. However, bowel rest and steroid therapy are usually indicated for treatment. These areas become fragile and can bleed. Episodes are found mainly in elderly people. Rectal bleeding is usually slow, chronic, and not obvious until massive bleeding occurs.
People complain of weakness, fatigue, shortness of breath, and painless rectal bleeding.
Bleeding occurs when large polyps develop. They can be hereditary. Usually harmless, some types can be precancerous. Both benign and malignant forms are frequently found in the colon and rectum. Those people older than 50 years are most affected.