hi I’m 18 and I’ve been having on and of bowel movements for a month or so now and am really worried I have cancer I have on and off lower abdominal pains mostly to the left side also sometimes i get the needn’t to fart with these symptoms but struggle to pass one , and for the first time I noticed abit of blood on my stool it wasn’t like bright red it looked more purple and I’m literally loosing it every day i fear going to the toilet thinking I’m going to see blood again two days later I still have not seen any more blood but i am convinced that they way I go the toilet something is up everyday when I wake up I have like trapped gas aches in my belly till I go to the toilet then I’ll be okay some times I have to go twice a day my stools shape doesn’t seem to be off but sometimes it also looks like there’s bits of clear stringy snot on my poo to don’t know if anyone can help me out i they no what this could be weather I should b worried because I’m literally sick of being terrified it’s literally breaking me how stressed I am over it even before I seen the blood for the first time every day when I was going i was checking bowel with torch scared i was going to see blood
