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Sound like IBS

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amy988
amy988

I am a 20 year old uni student, My symptoms started end of october when i finished freshers for uni , i was severley bloated and having pains for a week and was constipated that then suddenly disapeared and I have a BM movement every morning.

It starts off solid/formed and around 1.5-2inches diameter , then its followed by soft stool (not diaorea) that is really thin ? Other than that, that is my only BM i have in the day normally.

I have the occasional dull ache when im walking under my left rib cage that come and goes and can get sharp sudden pains where my sigmoid colon is .

I have had some mucus with blood inside a couple of times but that appears to have stopped

Freaking out i have bowel cancer

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  • borderriever
    borderriever amy988

    Posted

    If you have passed dark coloured blood and the stool is black you need to have words with your GP. Personally I would suggest you talk to your GP and get checked over.

    There are many different conditions that can cause your problems most are not related to Cancer, with your age semingly the chance you have cancer could be very remote, that is why I suggest you to talk to your GP

    BOB

    • amy988
      amy988 borderriever

      Posted

      OK thank you . i did notice a worm in my stool 4 weeks after i got back from south Africa back in sept? But that the only one worm i have seen in this whole time so i doubt that has anything to do with it
    • borderriever
      borderriever amy988

      Posted

      Here we would advise you to see your Family Doctor, especially if you have  passed a worm

      Make that appointment

      BOB

    • amy988
      amy988 borderriever

      Posted

      I have seen her but she doesn't seem hugely concerned . she has sent a refferal through for a sigmoidoscopy just so i stop going to the docs and pestering apparently

    • borderriever
      borderriever amy988

      Posted

      Have your Sigmyoidoscopy done and take something for your worms

      BOB

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