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Red Stool means Cancer?

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mum11
mum11

My mom suddenly started losing weight, though in her defense she has been working really late lately and she said that she had red stool for a few days but now its stopped. Does this mean cancer? please help. she is 45.

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  • katz31
    katz31 mum11

    Posted

    If she's god blood in her stools she has to go to her GP (it doesn't have to be cancer). Bloody stools can mean numerous things!

    Is she constipated? In pain? And was the blood only on the loo roll? Try not to worry 😊 hard I know!

    • mum11
      mum11 katz31

      Posted

      Well the doctor gave her a medicine for IBS and she was diagnosed with ulcer a few years back. According to her there is no blood in her stool now. but its her sudden weight loss that has me worried sad
    • sheryl23096
      sheryl23096 mum11

      Posted

      The thing to really look for with the blood,, is if when it comes out, red is a good sign, it means it's fresh blood and more likely assocated with hemerrhoids. Dark blood, brownish and black.. means that it's older blood and that is usually what's associated with more problematic issues. Red is a very good sign but, it should still be checked out. As Katz said, there could be a wide variety of reasons why this is happening. Your mum is lucky to have such a caring child <3 

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      wishing you the best of luck in this.>

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