24 yr old girl! Help doctor gave me a call back! worried about cancer!
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hi can someone please help, im a 24 year old woman, back on wednesday at work while using the restroom i noticed fresh bright red blood when i wiped after my stool. i had to take a double look because i thought it was my period as it has been running late now for the past 2 weeks but i figured only because i skipped my BC pills, then immediately started worrying about pregnancy as i felt sick to my stomach. those symptoms have went away now. i have recently been diagnosed with pcos back in february and have had suspected endometriosis as well. i have chronic cysts flare ups/ibs like symptoms. that make me not able to walk for a week at a time or attend work. now as of today, this week i have noticed this blood in my stool, i can barely pass gas, it is pebble like ball then changes into normal or sometimes i dont even go for days at a time. i have severe anxiety and health anxiety and im freaking out that it may be colorectal cancer or something. i may have strained but i dont remember, i dont feel weak or anything, my stomach is hard and feels constipated, fresh bright red blood in stool only after i pass a bowel movement. i dont have any weight loss or loss of appetite. i have lots of energy too. but my anxiety is eating me up. i cant stop crying. i am getting into the ER tomorrow and i have scheduled an appointment to see a doctor on Thursday . i am so scared and worried. does anyone have any similar experiences please help
update: i had a doctors appointment on thursday the 28th, about the bleeding he did a rectal exam and said he didnt see any hemrrhoids but that they could be internal. he didnt really seem concerned at all. , he called me back today at 5pm central time and told me that my blood test had inflammation markers or something and that they needed to see the stool test and i am freaking out once again i am so scared i have to turn it in tomorrow and im scared it could be serious. i currently have a bad tooth right now and missed periods, pcos. im so scared i can barely type as i have been crying since he called 50 mins ago. i have no pain and went partying over the weekend and didnt feel scared or any type of feeling at all. but now i am so scared with this phone call !
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xmaryx kirose20
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At your age it's highly unlikely it's cancer. Bright red blood is usually hemorrhoids or anal fissure. Irritable bowel syndrome or colitis can cause inflammation markers. It's more likely you have IBD and the hard stools are causing hemorrhoids.
jan34534 kirose20
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I completely agree with xmaryx . as a former nurse I know that inflammation in the bowel can cause blood in the stool. Hemorrhoids are associated with inflammation and they can be up higher. There’s all sorts of non-serious inflammation in the bowel that causes blood in the stool. The doctors just take a closer look because that’s their job. They want to be diligent and it’s good you have a doctor like that.
everybody in my family except for me has an inflammatory bowel sometimes it flares up and most of the time they are just fine. they have to also be careful of what they eat and rest the intestines periodically. But there’s absolutely no cancer in my family. And yes they get occasional blood in the stool. But it’s nothing to worry about. You’re going to be OK. When we have anxiety the mind tends to go to the negative so just remember that.❤
kirose20 jan34534
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@xmaryx @jan34534 hi, i know its just the stool test that im concerned about and the results, i have the worst anxiety over it. i just turned it in this morning at 9am before going to work. im freaking out, i have no pain, no vomiting, no weight loss at all. i just feel somewhat scared because of the unknown. i feel rather pleasant the only symtoms i have is like headache, fatigue at times and hot flashes and im thinking its either because of me PMSing and my pcos is flaring because my period will come soon hopefully (i have irregular ones even on BC) or that it is the inflammed tooth i have, my body got hot and my temp went up to 98.8 then down again. even though its not a temp. i felt like it was fighting an infection or something. i just feel so crazy when things start happening randomly but im definitely managing my diet now with more organic foods.
jan34534 kirose20
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that’s great that you are managing your diet.
keep in mind that when you worry about things it’s based on one emotion and that is fear. Fear is not based on fact! It’s worry about the future which could be tomorrow even. Fear and worry or not based on any reality.
just do your best to take care of yourself and always remind yourself when the negative thoughts appear, that you can let them go because they are not a part of you! They are not reality. it’s all gonna be OK.