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So scared about bowel cancer.

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Hi all, I've just turned 30 and a mommy to two little girls. For the past few months I've had Blood in my stools and when I wipe and have recently started having some abdominal cramps and going to the toilet more often than normal. Have recently done a stool sample which came back as showing inflammation. Have been advised to re test in a few weeks and also been refered to GI. Im just so scared it's bowel cancer, all I do is sit at home crying and worrying that im gonna have to leave my babies has anyone had any similar symptoms and what was the diagnosis? 

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    I had some similar symptoms, rectal bleeding, though not in the stool and some loose stools and weight loss and trapped wind. The specialist said that if my mother came in with the same symptoms, he'd be considering bowel cancer as a possible option but at my age - I was 40 at the time - it was the least likely option and I'd be "the unluckiest person in the world" if it turned out to be that and that the most likely cause was hemorrhoids with a slight possibility of IBD (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's).

    It turned out to be exactly what we all expected - hemorrhoids, probably combined with the stress of the whole situation and a few coincidences. Stress can cause bowel symptoms like stomach aches and going to the toilet more often, so the thing with bowel symptoms is that worrying about them can exacerbate them, thereby increasing the worry and therefore the symptoms in a vicious circle.

    It's normal to be worried; I was freaking, even though I knew bowel cancer was unlikely, but the odds are that whatever is wrong is far less serious.

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    I had some similar symptoms, rectal bleeding, though not in the stool and some loose stools and weight loss and trapped wind. The specialist said that if my mother came in with the same symptoms, he'd be considering bowel cancer as a possible option but at my age - I was 40 at the time - it was the least likely option and I'd be "the unluckiest person in the world" if it turned out to be that and that the most likely cause was hemorrhoids with a slight possibility of IBD (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's).

    It turned out to be exactly what we all expected - hemorrhoids, probably combined with the stress of the whole situation and a few coincidences. Stress can cause bowel symptoms like stomach aches and going to the toilet more often, so the thing with bowel symptoms is that worrying about them can exacerbate them, thereby increasing the worry and therefore the symptoms in a vicious circle.

    It's normal to be worried; I was freaking, even though I knew bowel cancer was unlikely, but the odds are that whatever is wrong is far less serious.

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