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Colon cancer or hemorrhoids?

Colon cancer or hemorrhoids?

I'm a 55 year old woman with a live-in mother who has recently been having rectal bleeding.  She has a heart condition and is unable to live by herself so I had her move in with me.  She is not constipated so I don't think the bleeding is from her being backed up or having trouble going to the bathroom.  Could this be something else like colon cancer or maybe just hemorrhoids?  What other symptoms can I check for?
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Hi,

It's really important to have our mom evaluated by a doctor.  Bleeding isn't normal and can be simple like hemorrhoids or serious like colon cancer, etc. and the only way is for a dr to evaluate and/or do tests.

Hoping all goes well .. please, keep us posted and welcome to our community!

C~
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Thanks for the response, we made an appointment to get her checked by her local doctor and then they can refer us to a specialist if needed.  Hope its only hemorrhoids.
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