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What Does This Fecal Occult Blood Test Report Indicate?

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Posted on Wed, 12 Oct 2016
Question: Just received a very hit Fit occult fecal test back.
Had normal reading two years ago and a clean colposcopy 8 years ago.
Have got cancer! The fit reading was very high should be <50 and mine was 397
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Answered by Dr. Prashant Sharma (59 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Colonoscopy should be done now.

Detailed Answer:
dear madam,
high count is worrisome.
ideally high risk persons should undergo screening colonoscopy once in every 5 years.
as your count is high you should now get a colonoscopy test done.
according to the colonoscopy report we decide about the further plan.
hope you will soon get the root cause of the problem and you will be cured of the disease.
please feel free to ask further.
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What Does This Fecal Occult Blood Test Report Indicate?

Brief Answer: Colonoscopy should be done now. Detailed Answer: dear madam, high count is worrisome. ideally high risk persons should undergo screening colonoscopy once in every 5 years. as your count is high you should now get a colonoscopy test done. according to the colonoscopy report we decide about the further plan. hope you will soon get the root cause of the problem and you will be cured of the disease. please feel free to ask further.