Bowel cancer rectum cancer concern

Hi my name is Carrie, I'm 17 years old and I'm a sort of paranoid about something what happened today.

Today I passed a stool but the stool was normal in colour with no visible traces of blood but when I wiped I saw on the tissue they was 2 till 3 drops of pink blood on the tissue. This was litually 1 to 3 drops very small ones.

I've been told it's nothing to worry about but I just wanted to ask someone who may know a little more about the situation. I have had stomach pains but not serve and I feel well in myself. I haven't had a well balanced diet recently which I might be causeing me to be consitpated.

Thank you for all responses,

Carrie

  • Hello Carrie and thanks for your further post

    I see you have been worried about bowel symptoms for some time. Sometimes a small split in the rectum can cause some bleeding, this is more common if you are constipated and pass a hard stool. You can read more about this here.

    This usually settles down within a few days. Improving your diet should also help.

    I hope things improve for you soon.

    Kind regards,

    Celene