Another common misconception about Bowel Cancer… If you experience rectal bleeding and then it goes away, that doesn’t mean it was nothing.
This is something I was told by a GP and was something a lady I recently spoke to had also heard the same statement from her GP.
I was told that if the bleeding stopped, that would indicate that it was probably a small tear in the colon and nothing to worry about. I now know this is not always the case. Polyps – which can develop into cancerous tumours – can bleed sporadically. So just because the bleeding has stopped, it doesn’t mean that everything is OK.
The only way to truly know is to have a colonoscopy so get a referral from your GP!
More in colonoscopy’s soon…..
If you like my blog, nominations for Brilliance in Blogging are now open,
find out about the #BiBs and how to nominate here…
Make my day and follow my blog. You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter
[…] cut and if the bleeding went, there was nothing to worry about (another misconception – Remember Day 5?) The bleeding would stop, so that was that. In hindsight this could have probably been dealt with […]
LikeLike