
Originally Posted by
rawlings22
Wow high 20's? I'm not saying ur wrong, I'm a RN and I've never heard of anyone having a resting pulse rate that low I've seen high 30's. I worked on a telemetry floor for a year and have seen several patients heart rates showing up on the monitor in the 20's, needless to say they were all unresponsive and was being coded shortly after.
OP I would definitely get get the blood in stool thing checked out, esp. if this is happening frequently, this isn't normal, yeah it could be hemorrhoids but there is also several other things it could be. At least get a HGB and HCT ran to see if ur losing blood.