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Colon polyps blood in stool

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Hello, I'm new here. I am a 30 year old female.
I have had some blood in my stool and dull abdominal pain and fatigue. I got a doctors appointment yesterday where the nurse done an examination. She said she can feel a lump which could be a polyp she said it could of been a loose piece of stool but it didn't move when she tried to. I have to have my bloods done, stool samples / fit test and a colonoscopy. 
My question is, if this is a polyp and if it is bleeding does this have a high chance in being cancerous? I'm going off my nerves waiting. 

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    Hi, I'm an endoscopy nurse, may be able to answer any questions you have about colonoscopy.

    Polyps are really common. Some bleed, but this doesn't mean they're cancerous. Some polyps just have a real good blood supply. Polyps can be adenomas which have the potential to become cancerous, but most do not. Polyps can also be "hyperplastic" which are completely harmless and won't ever become cancerous.

    Lumps felt around the rectum on a PR exam are commonly piles (haemorrhoids) or skin tags, your nurse is just going the "better safe than sorry" route, try not to panic too much yet as a PR exam doesn't really give us anything certain to go on. 

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    Hi, I'm an endoscopy nurse, may be able to answer any questions you have about colonoscopy.

    Polyps are really common. Some bleed, but this doesn't mean they're cancerous. Some polyps just have a real good blood supply. Polyps can be adenomas which have the potential to become cancerous, but most do not. Polyps can also be "hyperplastic" which are completely harmless and won't ever become cancerous.

    Lumps felt around the rectum on a PR exam are commonly piles (haemorrhoids) or skin tags, your nurse is just going the "better safe than sorry" route, try not to panic too much yet as a PR exam doesn't really give us anything certain to go on. 

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