Symptoms of Bowel cancer : Nip the evil in the bud.
Colorectal mortality has declined since 1990 due to increased awareness and screening , however, it continues to remain the 3rd most common cause of death.
Most common symptoms of colorectal cancer are :
- bleeding from the back passage (rectum) or blood in your poo
- a change in your normal bowel habit, such as looser poo, pooing more often or constipation
- a lump that your doctor can feel in your back passage or tummy (abdomen), more commonly on the right side
- a feeling of needing to strain in your back passage (as if you need to poo), even after opening your bowels
- losing weight
- pain in your abdomen or back passage
- tiredness and breathlessness caused by a lower than normal level of red blood cells (anaemia)
Bleeding per rectum should always be evaluated .Never attribute it to hemorrhoids .
Sometimes cancer can block the large bowel and the patient feels crampy abdominal pain , constipation and decreased passage of flatus .In case of these symptoms report to emergency of the hospital .
Further Reading . Colon cancer can be prevented here is how
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