Dr Chris Steele discusses all about bowel health : bowel cancer, home testing and more.

Bowel Health Special.

Bowel Health Special
Bowel cancer is a highly treatable condition, IF caught early enough. If you are suffering from symptoms such as :
  • persistent change in bowel action
  • feeling weak and tired (caused by lack of blood)
  • blood in your stools or bleeding from your back passage
  • abdominal pain, swelling of the stomach
  • passing mucus
  • feeling that you need to go again after going to the toilet

then you might have cause for concern. In any event you should seek the advice of your doctor. These symptoms can have many causes, and if you do have bowel cancer then early diagnosis is vital to successful treatment.

Home Test for bowel cancer
For details of the Faecal Occult Blood Test, see this article : DIY test for Bowel Cancer

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
For information about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) see this article : Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Bowel Cancer
For information about Bowel Cancer, see here: All about bowel cancer


This content was created on Wed 23 January 2008

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