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Hello Dr. My friend has multiple health conditions, one of which is that he can bleed out of any opening of his body. He has done a stool test awhile ago and it came back positive for blood. He has not done a colonoscopy as yet because he has been too unwell. He will have to do a 100 km trip for the colonoscopy and the journey takes a lot out of him, (usually vomits all the way). Is it possible to have bowel cancer and not bleed from the bowel? I was wondering if he repeated the stool test and it came back negative, it may not be necessary to do the colonoscopy?
unfortunately,colonoscopy is a must,and a golden standard. yes,one may have a cancer without GI bleeding,but more important,even in these modern,carcinoma infested times, NOT EVERY BLOOD IN STOOL IS CARCINOMA,moreover it is usually something else, internal hemorrhoids,polyps/benign adenomas,colitis,fissures......good luck! he must undergo colonoscopy!
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Is Blood In Stools A Symptom Of Bowel Cancer?
unfortunately,colonoscopy is a must,and a golden standard. yes,one may have a cancer without GI bleeding,but more important,even in these modern,carcinoma infested times, NOT EVERY BLOOD IN STOOL IS CARCINOMA,moreover it is usually something else, internal hemorrhoids,polyps/benign adenomas,colitis,fissures......good luck! he must undergo colonoscopy!