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Q: Need Help! Only 20
asked by: tjccrunner on October 31st, 2004
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I'm only 20 years old, I used to run everyday until an injury a couple months ago, so i'd say i'm a healthy person. 2 years ago there would be blood on the toilet paper when i'd make a bowel movement, and I thought it was just hemorroids. Then about 6 months later I went away to college, my diet was all out of wack because I ate cafeteria food. But I started noticing problems. I felt like I had to make a bowel movement all the time, even after I had already made one. I would make maybe go 5 times a day and still feel like I had to go. I noticed there was a lot of mucus in my stool, and some movements would be just mucus. There was blood here and there. I thought maybe it was the food. So when I came home this summer a lot of the symptoms disappeared. Until the last couple months they have all come back, and i'm eating healthy. But the last couple weeks there would be times I would lose my appetite, and the urges to go to the bathroom have gotten worse. There seems to be a little more blood, and I get a lot of stomach aches, but they are weird ones. I know I should see a doctor, which I am going to do. But I am kind of scared, and all along i've been convincing myself it was food or something else.
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momless
replied on November 11th, 2004
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Look into getting a colonoscopy. I had my first one when I was only 21 and they found two non-malignant polyops.

Contact your Dr. Immediatly.
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Xero
replied on November 20th, 2004
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I agree with momless. You should see your gp as soon as poss. The longer you leave it the more chance there is of it becoming cancerous and spreading (if there is anything at alll). I had my 1st check up at 23 so I know what it's like.

Feel free to pm me if you want to discuss anything.
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