Hi I have had diarrhea for a long time as a normal bowl movement sometimes if its not soft I will have small narrow stools in the last month I have had some blood anda small clot I don't have hemmeroids I also have been getting a pain in my lower left side with discomfort and have alot of gas iam 51 could this be signs of colon cancer thanks
I know an old post but I'm having exact symptoms as you. Did you get a solution? What was it?
I have the same symtoms and I think it might be some sort of imflammatory bowel disease, like chron disease
My dad had to get up late in the night he thought he had got the runs he realised he was bleeding quite bad from his bum he tried to get back to the bedroom and callapsed on the floor hes 75yrs old hes in hospital and has got to have a camera inserted into his bum to see what the problem is but they have got to wait for the bleeding to stop first i would love to know more about what could be causing this if anyone can help please reply
Don't know the answer to that but you need to check it out. With your pain being in the left side and bleeding you could have UC. So get it checked out as soon as you can.
A colonscopy should show any cancer, but I really doubt it is cancer. But you need to find out for sure.
Thank you for your advice. I will return home in a month and will schedule an appointment with a GI doctor to get some peace of mind. I just wanted to get some other advice that I'm not being a hypochondriac. I'm not tired all the time though I go through cycles of a week of intense exhausting and another week of normal or high energy levels. I usually correlate most of the symptoms around the time that I get rectal bleeding. I also noticed some lower left abdominal pain yestereday after I ate. If the pains occur mostly after I eat (some I've noticed that it correlates with eating other times it isn't) can I be less worried that it's something serious? I also have a question about how often rectal bleeding has to occur for it to be colon cancer? Would you have to be bleeding every day or week for it to be the c word? Thank you all in advance again!
I would visit a GI doctor. He should be able to help you with meds. Even though colon cancer is rare in the young, chrons is not. Need to get this checked out.
Colon cancer is very rare at your age but there are very infrequent postings on Medhelp where it has occurred at your age.
Rectal bleeding is never normal and, from your symptoms, it appears that the underlying cause might not have fully emerged from the consultations that you have undergone so far..
If you are regularly tired then you may be anaemic (due to minor but continuous blood loss).
My advice would be to request a colonoscopy at a hospital which specialises in the treatment of G.I. illnesses.
regards
Morecambe