Early Signs of Bowel Cancer That May Be Attributed to Other Health Conditions

Weight Loss

A person with bowel cancer may not feel like eating or hungry, triggering weight loss. However, you may want to see a healthcare provider if you experience weight loss because it is also a sign of other health conditions, including depression, hyperthyroidism, and Addison’s disease.

Extreme Fatigue or Tiredness

When bowel cancer strikes, the iron stores go low, causing anemia. This condition causes extreme fatigue or tiredness and pale skin. Since extreme fatigue or tiredness is also a sign of kidney disease and multiple sclerosis, you may want to see a healthcare provider to know exactly what is affecting you.

Blood In Your Poo

Bowel cancer may cause blood vessels in your back passage to swell, triggering bleeding. Since hemorrhoids, fistula, and gastroenteritis can also make you bleed from the bottom, check out with your doctor to pinpoint the precise cause.

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Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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