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2. 6 colon cancer warning signs never to ignore

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   The American Cancer Society recommends starting screening when you turn 45, if you’re at average risk for developing colon cancer; earlier, if you have a family history of the disease or other ...

3. What you need to know about colon-cancer symptoms, diagnosis ...

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   One study involving more than 1 million people with colon cancer from 2004 to 2015 found that 51.6% of those under 50 were diagnosed with stage three or four cancer, while 40% of people over 50 ...

4. The 3 Most Important Things Your Poop Reveals About Your ...

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   Signs of colon cancer include changes in bowel habits, rectal bleeding, blood in stool, abdominal pain, fatigue, unintentional weight loss and feeling like you need to poop but not feeling ...

5. Colorectal cancer - Wikipedia

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   The signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer depend on the location of the tumor in the bowel, and whether it has spread elsewhere in the body ().The classic warning signs include: worsening constipation, blood in the stool, decrease in stool caliber (thickness), loss of appetite, loss of weight, and nausea or vomiting in someone over 50 years old. [15]

6. Bristol stool scale - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. Medical system for classifying human faeces Medical diagnostic method Bristol stool scale Bristol stool chart Synonyms Bristol stool chart (BSC); Bristol Stool Scale (BSS); Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS or BSF scale); Purpose classify type of feces (diagnostic triad for irritable bowel ...

7. Stool guaiac test - Wikipedia

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   Since January 2007, the US Medicare program reimburses for colorectal cancer screening with gFOBT only when this code is used. [36] The stool guaiac test method may be preferable to fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) if there is a clinical concern about possible gastric or proximal upper intestinal bleeding. [37]

8. Types of Poop: What Doctors Need You to Know - AOL

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   Many gastroenterologists refer to the Bristol Stool Chart when talking about the issue of consistency, and encourage their patients to refer to the chart when describing their bowel movements to ...

9. Fecal occult blood - Wikipedia

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   Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), as its name implies, aims to detect subtle blood loss in the gastrointestinal tract, anywhere from the mouth to the colon.Positive tests ("positive stool") may result from either upper gastrointestinal bleeding or lower gastrointestinal bleeding and warrant further investigation for peptic ulcers or a malignancy (such as colorectal cancer or gastric cancer).