Cancer symptoms you'll notice when going to the toilet seen in 90% of patients
dailyrecord.co.ukBowel cancer is one of the most common types of the disease diagnosed in the UK, with most patients over the age of 60. There are a number of symptoms associated with the disease, but not all the warning signs are clearly visible.
Bowel cancer is often found in the colon and rectum, but unfortunately neither produce obvious symptoms in the initial stages.
When cancer affects the bowels, patients can sometimes see changes when going to the toilet. General symptoms associated with bowel cancer include fatigue, loss of appetite, and decreased energy levels.
However, more than 90 percent of people with bowel cancer have symptoms that affect their toilet habits, according to the NHS.The health body explains that they may experience “a persistent change in bowel habit - pooing more often with loose, runnier poo and sometimes tummy (abdominal) pain".Alternatively, they may notice “blood in the poo without other symptoms of piles (haemorrhoids) - this makes it unlikely the cause is haemorrhoids”.Occasionally, symptoms may include a lump that the doctor can feel in the back passage or stomach, more commonly on the right side, according to Cancer Research UK.It's important to pick up bowel cancer as early as possible to receive treatment and stop it spreading to other parts of the body.Cancer Research UK explains that: “Advanced bowel cancer is cancer that started in either the back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon and has spread to another part of the body.“The symptoms of advanced bowel cancer can include the symptoms for bowel cancer that hasn’t spread.“Other symptoms depend on which part of the body cancer has spread to.” Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here
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