Table 3.

Causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding based on age

Infants	2-5 years	Older
Non-specific colitis	Polyps	Anal fissure
Anal fissure	Anal fissure	Infectious Enterocolitis
Milk allergy	Infectious enterocolitis	Polyps
Duplication of bowel	Intussusception	Inflammatory bowel disease
Volvulus	Meckel’s diverticulum	Lymphonodular hyperplasia
Hirschsprung’s disease	Henoch-Schonlein purpura	Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Necrotizing enterocolitis	Hemolytic-uremic syndrome	Angiodysplasia
Bleeding diathesis	Lymphonodular hyperplasia	Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
	Angiodysplasia	Bleeding diathesis