Cancer Blog » bowel cancer symptoms http://thinkcancer.com News and articles around cancer Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:27:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 6 Early bowel cancer symptoms http://thinkcancer.com/6-early-bowel-cancer-symptoms/691.html http://thinkcancer.com/6-early-bowel-cancer-symptoms/691.html#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:27:32 +0000 diego http://thinkcancer.com/?p=691 The initial bowel cancer symptoms are include:

  • A change to your normal bowel habits that persists for more than six weeks
  • A lump in the right side of your abdomen, or in your rectum
  • Blood in your stools (faeces) or bleeding from your rectum
  • A straining feeling in the rectum
  • Pain in your abdomen or rectum
  • Unexplained weight loss

All these early bowel cancer symptoms can be caused by other diseases. These include infections, haemorrhoids, or inflammatory bowel disease.

If you are worried about any bowel cancer symptoms you should see your doctor.

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