Colorectal cancer , commonly known as bowel cancer , is a cancer from uncontrolled cell growth in the colon , rectum , or appendix . Symptoms typically include rectal bleeding and anemia which are sometimes associated with weight loss and changes in bowel habits. Most colorectal cancer occurs due to lifestyle and increasing age with only a minority of cases associated with underlying genetic disorders. It typically starts in the lining of the bowel and if left untreated, can grow into the muscle layers underneath, and then through the bowel wall. Screening is effective at decreasing the chance of dying from colorectal cancer and is recommended starting at the age of 50 and continuing until a person is 75 years old. Localized bowel cancer is usually diagnosed through sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy . Cancers that are confined within the wall of the colon are often curable with surgery while cancer that has spread widely around the body is usually not curable and management then focuses on extending the person s life via chemotherapy and improving quality of life . Colorectal cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world, but it is more common in developed countries . Around 60% of cases were diagnosed in the developed world.
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hand nursing a 13day old lvebird. yesterday I noticed his crop is not emptying. again today. what do I do. Bowels are at a minimum. help
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I have colonic enertia for many many years. I was never diagnosed because at the time I took the marker
tests, physicians knew little about it. I am on Linzess now, with little relief. I was thinking of...
Hi i am a 44 year old lady and just been told my wome id destended and got to have bloody test and scan can tell me what courses this and treatment
I am a 26 year old female 5' 5" and 111lbs; I follow a Paleo-like diet, eating fruits, vegetables and meat/fish- avoiding sweets, breads, dairy and legumes. 3 or less stools a week have been normal for me since I was a child. My concern is that...
Ive been taking Bystolic 2.5 mg for a little over a month now and notice lately my legs hurt or feel heavy. Is that a side effect of the beta blocker? I also have ibs and noticed my stomach seems more irritable this last month as well. Any...
I have had severe intestinal cramping for 4 days now, persistent diarrhea, and Monday for 6 hrs all my bowel movements were 100% liquid and blood. Samples were taken but so far the only thing found has been a very high WBC count. No bacteria. I...
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I am wondering if it is ok to upload photos of stool which look suspicious on this website?
I do have dark spots on the stool sometimes but the FOBT was negative. Is it possible for the dark spots to be from...
It appears to me, from CDC data, that a white male with no risk factors is more likely to die from colonoscopy complications than from colon cancer. .03% deaths from colonoscopy complications, .0002% deaths from Colon...
Every month I get cramps in stmoct are and then I start vomiting a lot and then diiahera this is going on for about 10 years every on had appendix cancer I go for colonoscopy every year and endoscopy every thing is fine also took other this for...
I just turned 56. I'm going to have a colonoscopy in two weeks. I go next week for an exam and tests then will schedule the procedure.
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Hi I am in a lot of pain when I pass stool I have blood and a lot of puss in it I also have lots of ulcers around the external part of my vagina and rectum area, I have no idea what it could be and how to cure it? Please help
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i had h-pylori confirmed +tive in october 2008. i took the medicine pylokit for a week then the problem and symptoms were repeeating again in january 2009. i took some more medicine for 2 months (ganaton,lan inderal etc) after i stopped the medicine then same problem is repeating itself... doctor advised colonoscopy . whats ypur suggestion.. has...
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i got ulcer in my colon and not feeling well in two years just give me the diet chart and some medication and doctors said that it is a chronic disese they are not able to diagnose it properly nd they suggest me capsule endoscpy just tell me what to do
I had a colonoscopy 3 yrs ao...everything ok...lately I bleed a lot after bowel movement ...went to doctor and did something to check my hemmorids...he said they are ok but if I wanted to I can get them bandaged...I said no..there was never blood in stool ...okay I noticed streaks of blood (red) in stool...should I be concerned??? I m not...
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can eptoin tablets dose cause cancer because my father had a cancer and in the biopsey eptoin tablet chemical is found between them
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I m 20 years old and I have been dipping for 4 1/2 years, and sometimes I get panicy about it. Like today I feel like I m having trouble swallowing . Cancer makes me really nervous and I am trying to stop. Any advise or anything?
Dear doctor, I developed pain in my stomach and a blood stained diarrhea for 2 days. After a stool test the doctor said i had a bacterial infection and he put me on eso kit for 7 days. I have taken the first dose which left me with a bitter tongue and general weakness. Should I continue? Is there an alternative treatment?
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Friday red raised spot had appeared overnight. It was not there ever before. Saturday it had got bigger and it looks scaly. I am so afraid of it being cancer .
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ok umm i have a question wat is appendix cause this girl i know might have it so wat is it exactly her nurse also thinks it i s heer appendix
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HI doctor i am suffering from improper evacuation of stool , when i eat breaakfast i have to urgently use washroom, i feel bloated when i eat, by evening its fine only morning and lunch time it is a problem, last year i was diagnosed for hpylori, i dont understand what might be the reason and how can i become normal, i have a very energetic life...
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