Blood in stool

Hi. I'm 20 years old and have been having bad abdomen pain for a few months now. I had a lot of blood  in my stool and noticed I was going way more often like 2 times a day when normally it would be 1. I had seen the doctors and was treated for a infection but they don't know if it was or not. The doctors want me to go for a colonscopy but I'm afraid if I do go and they find something bad is going on. Any advice would help me as I can't talk to anyone about this right now.

  • Hi sweetheart I know how worrying this must be for you rite now but you must go and have the colonoscopy it may be nothing , but the earlier you go the sooner it can be sorted always here for a chat x

  • Those symptoms could be a lot of things, most of which are fairly minor. You are very young so bowel cancer would be pretty rare at your age. I am about twice your age and the doctor told me I was too young for it to be at all likely.

    I had a colonoscopy and all they found was hemorrhoids. The odds are high that they will find nothing too serious in your case either. I know that is limited reassurance though.