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Worried - also have health anxiety

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Dean51113
Dean51113

Hi everyone, i don't really know where to start. I've been suffering now for about a month, maybe two from hard stools, which then caused Haemorrhoids or anal fissure or at least that's what i think it is (only spoke to the Dr over the phone, they somehow diagnosed me with this that way) and i have had bright red blood in the water when going to the toilet on 3 occasions but this must have been around 2 weeks ago now when i was in extreme pain going to the toilet, i have since been using stool softeners in DulcoEase and i have been going better to the toilet and in less pain and no bleeding since. But in the top left section of my stomach, there seems to be what feels like knots in my stomach, almost like knotted muscles and i get like a stitch type pain with it sometimes but unsure whether its muscular or not. i have also had very light coloured stools over the past few days, and a very gurgly tummy when eating and going to the toilet. i am constantly worrying that this is something very serious as in bowel cancer/colon cancer etc, and not really getting anywhere with the drs either, can anyone shed any light onto this with any similar experiences at all?

thank you in advance

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  • sam18386
    sam18386 Dean51113

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    insist on seeing a doctor NOW ring 111 if you have to. ask to see someone something else is going on but you don't know what. you need to know. good luck, i am NOT trying to scare you, it's just with what you've said is worrying.

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