My 31 year old husband has pretty much every symptom of colon cancer. I'm so worried about him and I'm just wondering what else it could be? The only symptom he doesn't have is fatigue. He is scheduled for a colonoscopy next week, but I'm just wondering if anyone knows if it could be anything besides cancer. He does have blood every so often.
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polyps ulcerative colitis Crohn's Disease diverticulitis Don't worry. It could very possibly be a non-serious thing. http://www.medicinenet.com/colonoscopy/article.htm
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If could be other things, the colonoscopy will find cancer or rule out cancer. If he isn't fatiqued then he must not be losing blood, having blood in the stool is one of the symptoms as a tumor bleeds.
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There are many, many diseases which have the same symptoms as colon cancer, such as irritable bowel syndrome. If you look at webmd on the symptom checker, you'll see a long list. The blood could also be a symptom of many things, and the brighter the blood, the further down the colon it is. Even if it is colon cancer, it's one of the most survivable types of cancer. Stage 1 has about a 95% cure rate, stage 2 has over an 85% cure rate, and even stage 3 (mine) has about a 75% cure rate with chemo.
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