Could I have colorectal cancer at 21

Recently I have been experiencing some abdominal pain, not serious but annoying and often and also a feeling of pl being bloted. I also have a pressure in my anal/rectum area which feels like i need to pass gas of stool but I do not need to and have this feeling most of the time apart from just after waking up and if I have not eaten for a while. It tends to feel worse after eating but is not painful, just uncomfortable. I have also had bowel movements more frequently than before instead of once a day or every couple days it is now a couple times a day despite me not changing my diet or eating more. I know some of these are symptoms of colorectal cancer and am very anxious/stressed about it which probably isn't helping. I recently had blood tests and a fecal sample done. The blood test came back normal apart from a slightly high thyroid level which they said wasn't concerning. The fecal sample came back completely fine. I was wondering if anyone may have had similar symptoms to me 

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  • Hello, I had the same symptoms and I was also passing blood each time I was on the loo.

    I have just been going through all these worries until yesterday I really thought I had colon cancer, my FIT test was greater than 400 when I went for my colonoscopy, my diagnosis was Ulcerated colitis. There are many reasons you are getting these symptoms. I found this group very helpful when I had questions or worries.

    I wish you all the best with everything xx

     

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  • Hello, I had the same symptoms and I was also passing blood each time I was on the loo.

    I have just been going through all these worries until yesterday I really thought I had colon cancer, my FIT test was greater than 400 when I went for my colonoscopy, my diagnosis was Ulcerated colitis. There are many reasons you are getting these symptoms. I found this group very helpful when I had questions or worries.

    I wish you all the best with everything xx

     

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