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Extreemly affraid possibilty of colon cancer???
HI.
I am 25 year old male.. i am having problem of piles for many years. bleeding with stool, itching ...... Now this problem is fine no bleeding as such but now i am noticing loose dark brown stool with mucus for past many months....
and also black dry stool once or twice 6-7 months back. i do feel mild lower abdominal pain sometimes. i am afraid after doing google search that it might be colon cancer.....
please help
I am 25 year old male.. i am having problem of piles for many years. bleeding with stool, itching ...... Now this problem is fine no bleeding as such but now i am noticing loose dark brown stool with mucus for past many months....
and also black dry stool once or twice 6-7 months back. i do feel mild lower abdominal pain sometimes. i am afraid after doing google search that it might be colon cancer.....
please help
Hi there,
The major risk factors for colon cancer are genetic factors (if it runs in your family) and old age so you seem too young to experience colon cancer if there is no family history of it.
That saying black stools are an indication of bleeding in your stomach or bowels which is a worrying sign but in someone as young as you, it is more likely to be a bleeding ulcer or inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory bowel diseases are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease which are associated with inflammation and swelling of the lining of the bowels and are associated with black, tarry stools with mucus. See a doctor who will probably take a blood test to check for anaemia and arrange a colonoscopy.
Best wishes.
The major risk factors for colon cancer are genetic factors (if it runs in your family) and old age so you seem too young to experience colon cancer if there is no family history of it.
That saying black stools are an indication of bleeding in your stomach or bowels which is a worrying sign but in someone as young as you, it is more likely to be a bleeding ulcer or inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory bowel diseases are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease which are associated with inflammation and swelling of the lining of the bowels and are associated with black, tarry stools with mucus. See a doctor who will probably take a blood test to check for anaemia and arrange a colonoscopy.
Best wishes.
Have you been to a doctor for this? Black stools can be indication of GI bleeding and I really think you need to get to a doctor.
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