bowel cancer the very first symptoms what are they?
bowel cancer is common place in my family history ,i recently lost my mom to which i believe was the culprit too,for the past few years i have been getting abdominal pain and a bloating feeling as well as feeling tired all the time ,i am currently taking the mini pill for contraception at the moment as well as to deal with the period problems i get i am 39 this year any information which may be of help would be appreciated.
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angie (68)
You are not having symptoms of colon cancer and it is rare for anyone under 45. However, you should never wait for symptoms and should be getting colonoscopies starting when you are 10 years younger than your mother was at diagnosis. Also make sure your doctor knows your history as there are other risk factors for this disease.
If you have a family history of colon cancer, you should probably start to consider getting a colonoscpy around your age, espeically if you have any suspicious symptoms. Eevn though 40 is still very young for colon cancer.
As far as the symptoms, they can be very vauge or even non-existance in the early stages. Pain, bloating, even blood in the stool, is FAR more likely to be caused by some thing else other then colon cancer.
But probably the most commen symptom that people first notice is a dark red blood in the stool, accompied by constipation often.
Your doctor can check you for micro levels of intestinal bleeding with a swab. Small micro bleeding is one of the very first signs of tumor/polyps in the colon and can be checked with an office visit. There may even be some in home kit tests that you can buy at the drug store to monitor bleeding.
Cancer usually has no symptoms until a tumor gets big enough to interfere with the normal functioning of whatever organs are next to the tumor.
Pain, bloating & tiredness are symptoms of something else, go see your physician…
There are not tale tell signs of colon cancer, also the symptoms differ from person to person. There have been such cases swell which do not show any signs. The main signs of colon cancer that will help you deal with colon cancer. It starts with pain in the lower abdomen, stomach cramps or gases, diarrhea for several days, constipation, chronic colon problems with bowel movements, blood mixed with stool you may feel it is associated with hemorrhoids
and might turn out to be colon cancer.
Iron deficiency anemia that can be due to bleeding in colon and black tarry stool, abrupt weight loss, abdominal mass or hardness in the abdomen, abdominal pain during bowel movement, appendix pain and significant change in the bowel habit. There would be constant feeling that something is not right in the body. Taking the help of health care professional would be right choice. It may happen that you are not affected by colon cancer but as you know this confirmation only doctor can give.
There are several hurdles that deter patient from going to the doctor and taking it as a not so serious sign. It is because there are several conditions that cause the exact signs and the only way to remove the doubt from mind is to consult the doctor.