blood in my stools be dark red or bright red?
Mine is like a small DARK line? WHAT COULD IT BE

Hi, my name is Cody. I am 19 and will be 20 in January. A few months ago i had this fullness feeling or pain in my upper rectum. Along with the fullness i noticed it was hard to pass stool, unless i just felt like i needed to pass stool. But sometimes i needed it and i find it was hard to pass stool. I went to the doctor and we thought it might be my prostate causing me the pain, that or internal hemmorhoids. So he gave me some anti biotics for the prostate, and cortizone for internal hemmorhoids, whichever was the case. By the second night of medication my symptoms went away, and i found i was able to pass stools normaly. I was fine for atleast 6 weeks after i was done with the medication. Then i found it difficult to pass stool again. So i went back to him told him i was kind of feeling the upper fullness feeling again, and that it was hard to pass stools, and that the day before my stools were thin. So he set me up an appointment to get a colonoscopy soon. But what i forgot to tell him is that my stool is not always thin. That is seldom actully. Most of the time it comes out quite normal, and sometimes its not hard to pass. Ive been worrying myself sick thinking this might be rectal cancer or something. But he told me that would be rare at my age. And i will add that neither my parents or my parents parents had colorectal issues. My blood tests came out normal, and my stool tests were negative. Im just so afraid this might be something serious, it is literaly driving me insane to the point where i dream about it. What could this be? I will say that hemmorhoid suppositories and the cortizone he gave would make that fullness feeling or pain go away..but i dont think i have hemmorhoids anymore. Advice please. Will be very much appriciated.
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This is not constipation, and sometimes the stool doesnt go all the way into the rectum..and with some effort it will. The stool is not thin, but not completely round, wether soft or hard. And a few months ago i had what looked like a small blood clot mixed in with diarrhea that was bright red. But it only happened once, never happened since. And havent had diarrhea since.
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They did not check for blood in stool. Just for bacteria. And something called wright stain. Which im not sure if its to check for blood or not. But nothing on the paper said check for FOBT..fecal occult blood test.

Okay so i’m 19, and ever since i can remember my stools have been what is referred to as "pellet stools" which i thought was normal till i started reading up on it. I’ve heard that pellet stools are a sign of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. About 2 years ago after i went to the bathroom i noticed the water was bloody. I showed my mom and she asked if i had hemorrhoids and i said idk but i noticed after i changed my diet that never happened again. Sometimes i feel bloated and feel like there is a lot of gas in my stomach which read is both a symptom of colon cancer and IBS. Other then that i have no symptoms.

I’m just really scared and after i read up on these things i started think i had colon cancer because i tend to be a hypochondriac. I’m a healtthy weight and have been eating and exercising a lot more the older i get.
My boyfriend and mom have told im just worrying too much but i wanted to know if anyone else had any opinions.
Thank you so much!
Also im pretty OCD about things and am stressed quite often. If this matters lol

I got her at 6 months old from a reputable breeder. She was the *runt*. She is a year old now and weighs a big 14 pounds.

The first 2 months we had her she was doing great then we had a bout of Pancreatitis.

That cleared up then Giardia. For the last 3 months the Giardia has come and gone. Got her going on Metronidazole 250 mg twice a day for 2 weeks. Did a re-check. The Giardia was worse. Then we did 3 weeks of Panacur. She was starting to have hard stools (which were so big (!) she screamed when she defecated!). This only lasted about a week with diarrhea in between the harder stools.

Now, once again, she is having explosive diarrhea. When I say explosive I am not kidding.

Got another stool sample to my vet. Will know tomorrow if we are dealing with Giardia again.

My vet is thinking about doing biopsy of her colon. He has already done x-rays of her spine which is perfect.

Anyway, I am now putting her on a bland diet of skinless boiled chicken and white rice. If anyone else has any other suggestions I am wide open.

I have also been all over the internet looking at different things this could be and I am coming up with IBD, Colitis and a bunch of other stuff. Very frustrating.

Yes, I have talked to the breeder and she is says there has been no problems with any of her dogs. She was feeding raw and California Naturals. She also raises chickens and sheep. The property and area was very clean and she does the show dog thing. As far as I could surmise she is a reputable breeder.

I feed Evo Chicken and Turkey. Raw is difficult because I have 9 other dogs.

Any suggestions and/or advice is greatly appreciated!
Em: Great idea. I am getting some super answers. I am going to try several things suggested. She had boiled chicken tonight. I have to get the rice but I think I will try the canned pumpkin, yogurt and even the baby food. Her system just needs a good cleaning. I don’t want to have to *fast* her. my vet is trying to stay clear of any kind of envasive procedure which requires anithesia. (sp). I was a nervous wreck when she was spayed. My daughter was in the surgery room and 3 other techs. She was closely monitored.

*Graphic pic alert*

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Is that rectal prolapse or something else? I have a history of mild proctitis, but it’s been under very good symptomatic control in the last few months, and suddenly I started having pain between my legs and bladder area, then when i went to use the bathroom, this came out instead of stools (never has happened before).

is it rectal prolapse or something else entirely? I’m going to the doctor in 5 days, but was wondering in the meantime if there’s a doc or med student or someone else in the know browsing by?
oh and it does go back in when im not straining… but, it always feels like i have to poop now…this started suddenly

Ok so for the past 4-5 months i have been having abnormal bowel movements, and when i say abnormal i mean this is coming from a guy who could time when a bowel movement was coming and it was always a helthy amonunt and twice a day!…. but i had changed ALOT of habbits from different jobs, stress of moving alot, finacial things, not eating the way i used to. now i have had periods of constipation, very small stools, lately small stools, after small bowel movement, i still feel unsatisfied, i dont eat healthy anymore, but for the past week ive been trying other things like salads and high fiber breakfast, i only eat twice a day, morning and when i get home from work at 11 pm. i know i dont have healthy meals at all usually what ever im grabing out of the fridge i see, for instance, a can of diced pinapples, make a pbj sandwhich with a high fiber bread and a yogurt…. i know i know…and in the mornins is waffles (2 of them) or just oatmeal, or pb sandwhich… i also work in a bakery/deli/prep food area like a publix. so i nibble here and there on things, sweets, onion rings, cookie. Iam 21, 6’2” and 220, over the past 2 months i have gain 10-15 pounds…. i also always feel like something is bloking my rectum, i have examined my self (it sucks! dont do it unless you have too) i didnt "feel" any blockage, very smooth, no pain when i was examining around the rectum area, but why am i feeling this way? i checked colon cancer syptoms and i feel like i dont have much in common with the syptoms but just a few things. i get bloated sometimes some sharp pains just below the center of my rib cage, i also have stopped working out as well, ive tried to put more fluids back into my diet, but 4-5 months man? i hope i dont have anything serious to worrie about, if i do i have no health insurance, yet, iam waiting on my 90 day to get it through my work, and dont even make enough to cover all the bills, if it wasnt for the help of my gf. but shes not thinking anything of my syptoms,, and thats another thing, she eats the same way i do and shes fine!?!!? i dont get it,,, please help!

also before this problems started i was eating at least 3 meals a day, cereal in the morning or oat meal,(this was about a year ago when i was a contractor workin out side every day, now im inside not doing much!!!!!) subway for lunch, and usually a normal dinner that consisted of a meat with vegtables, and a starch…example steak with green beans and mashed potatos… now i have plumitted from that habbit… should i go back to that or no bc im not as active?

why is it affecting me and not my girlfriend though? weve been together for a year and a half, and shes seen the changes in me, but nothing to her? i just dont get it… and god bless her heart for having to put up with me…
lol, what i was saying is that we have had the same diet bc we live together, but this diet of eating unhealthy is affecting me but not her

I’ve been constipated over two weeks now. At first I was having the feeling I really had to go, but when I would sit down it wouldn’t come out. I barely had a single bowel movement where I passed thin, soft stools. My diet consisted of eggs, whole wheat bread/pasta, brown rice, bananas, chicken, steak and at close to a gallon of water everyday. I took two laxatives and nothing.

I saw my doctor briefly, and she said all the foods I’ve been eating are binding and cause constipation. She told me to pick up fiber pills, a stool softener, and a laxative. I had one very brief, watery stool while I was also drinking plenty of water in a short period of time.

This just doesn’t feel like regular constipation. Now I don’t even get the feeling where it’s all rushing to leave my body, like I really have to go to the bathroom.

My stools seemed regular color, no blood, but I hear that’s not in all cases of colon cancer.

Aside from regular constipation, the ONLY other diagnosis I see that has almost every symptom I have is colon cancer.

I’m 23 years old, no family history of colon cancer, non smoker.

About a year ago I was very constipated and had trouble passing a larger stool. After, I developed what I though were hemorrhoids or a fissure. I would go to the bathroom and feel a very quick sharp pain followed by a tiny bit of blood on the tissue when I would wipe.

This happened on and off for quite some time but has not happened in the last few months.

About 3 weeks ago I started noticing my stools have been much looser than normal. The amount has not increased. I go once a day and it’s basically really soft and breaks into maybe 5-7 pieces in the water. They are usually soft but not that soft.

I went to the doctor. She did a rectal exam as well as a FOBT test (tested stool for blood). The FOBT was negative and my rectal exam checked out fine.

She said she though it might be a mild virus or IBS and is having me change my diet a little. I did but it hasn’t helped much. Although I’ve been very worried this past week.

I’v been reading so much into this. About people being misdiagnosed, the FOBT being wrong, people getting this cancer young. It’s really got me TERRIFIED.

Do you think this is cancer or not? I have no other symptoms.

Ok so for the past 4-5 months i have been having abnormal bowel movements, and when i say abnormal i mean this is coming from a guy who could time when a bowel movement was coming and it was always a helthy amonunt and twice a day!…. but i had changed ALOT of habbits from different jobs, stress of moving alot, finacial things, not eating the way i used to. now i have had periods of constipation, very small stools, lately small stools, after small bowel movement, i still feel unsatisfied, i dont eat healthy anymore, but for the past week ive been trying other things like salads and high fiber breakfast, i only eat twice a day, morning and when i get home from work at 11 pm. i know i dont have healthy meals at all usually what ever im grabing out of the fridge i see, for instance, a can of diced pinapples, make a pbj sandwhich with a high fiber bread and a yogurt…. i know i know…and in the mornins is waffles (2 of them) or just oatmeal, or pb sandwhich… i also work in a bakery/deli/prep food area like a publix. so i nibble here and there on things, sweets, onion rings, cookie. Iam 21, 6’2” and 220, over the past 2 months i have gain 10-15 pounds…. i also always feel like something is bloking my rectum, i have examined my self (it sucks! dont do it unless you have too) i didnt "feel" any blockage, very smooth, no pain when i was examining around the rectum area, but why am i feeling this way? i checked colon cancer syptoms and i feel like i dont have much in common with the syptoms but just a few things. i get bloated sometimes some sharp pains just below the center of my rib cage, i also have stopped working out as well, ive tried to put more fluids back into my diet, but 4-5 months man? i hope i dont have anything serious to worrie about, if i do i have no health insurance, yet, iam waiting on my 90 day to get it through my work, and dont even make enough to cover all the bills, if it wasnt for the help of my gf. but shes not thinking anything of my syptoms,, and thats another thing, she eats the same way i do and shes fine!?!!? i dont get it,,, please help!

also before this problems started i was eating at least 3 meals a day, cereal in the morning or oat meal,(this was about a year ago when i was a contractor workin out side every day, now im inside not doing much!!!!!) subway for lunch, and usually a normal dinner that consisted of a meat with vegtables, and a starch…example steak with green beans and mashed potatos… now i have plumitted from that habbit… should i go back to that or no bc im not as active?

why is it affecting me and not my girlfriend though? weve been together for a year and a half, and shes seen the changes in me, but nothing to her? i just dont get it… and god bless her heart for having to put up with me…

Ok so for the past 4-5 months i have been having abnormal bowel movements, and when i say abnormal i mean this is coming from a guy who could time when a bowel movement was coming and it was always a helthy amonunt and twice a day!…. but i had changed ALOT of habbits from different jobs, stress of moving alot, finacial things, not eating the way i used to. now i have had periods of constipation, very small stools, lately small stools, after small bowel movement, i still feel unsatisfied, i dont eat healthy anymore, but for the past week ive been trying other things like salads and high fiber breakfast, i only eat twice a day, morning and when i get home from work at 11 pm. i know i dont have healthy meals at all usually what ever im grabing out of the fridge i see, for instance, a can of diced pinapples, make a pbj sandwhich with a high fiber bread and a yogurt…. i know i know…and in the mornins is waffles (2 of them) or just oatmeal, or pb sandwhich… i also work in a bakery/deli/prep food area like a publix. so i nibble here and there on things, sweets, onion rings, cookie. Iam 21, 6’2” and 220, over the past 2 months i have gain 10-15 pounds…. i also always feel like something is bloking my rectum, i have examined my self (it sucks! dont do it unless you have too) i didnt "feel" any blockage, very smooth, no pain when i was examining around the rectum area, but why am i feeling this way? i checked colon cancer syptoms and i feel like i dont have much in common with the syptoms but just a few things. i get bloated sometimes some sharp pains just below the center of my rib cage, i also have stopped working out as well, ive tried to put more fluids back into my diet, but 4-5 months man? i hope i dont have anything serious to worrie about, if i do i have no health insurance, yet, iam waiting on my 90 day to get it through my work, and dont even make enough to cover all the bills, if it wasnt for the help of my gf. but shes not thinking anything of my syptoms,, and thats another thing, she eats the same way i do and shes fine!?!!? i dont get it,,, please help!
also before this problems started i was eating at least 3 meals a day, cereal in the morning or oat meal,(this was about a year ago when i was a contractor workin out side every day, now im inside not doing much!!!!!) subway for lunch, and usually a normal dinner that consisted of a meat with vegtables, and a starch…example steak with green beans and mashed potatos… now i have plumitted from that habbit… should i go back to that or no bc im not as active?

why is it affecting me and not my girlfriend though? weve been together for a year and a half, and shes seen the changes in me, but nothing to her? i just dont get it… and god bless her heart for having to put up with me…

For the past week, I’ve been having painless bowel movements that accompany a very small amount of bright red blood when I wipe. I don’t have pain nor strain passing the stools, but it just came to concern since it has been happening for the past weekish. What do you think could be wrong? Thanks.

i get nauseous regularly, maybe a couple days a week ill have a few minute phase and then it goes away [almost always at night.] this has been happening since i last vomited in june, before i didnt have that feeling [i think its partially due to the fact that i am severely afraid of throwing up.] i also have extremely varying stools, maybe once a month ill try to go to the bathroom and a bit of mucus comes out instead, and once or twice before ive had pencil stools. andd other than that i get different [but considered normal] stools, and my diet is diverse so im pretty sure thats why. i dont bleed when i go to the bathroom nor is it painful.my grandfather had colon cancer but he was a heavy drinker/smoker. im 14, female, and have had my period for 2.5 years. im a vegetarian and i dance about 10 hours a week, though i got a fracture one month ago so i havent been able to properly exercise since then. i know that its rare for young people but the awkward stools/nausea for the past few months has started to worry me. thank you for any advice i really appreciate it, i dont want to get a colonoscopy or something :/

Recently I’ve been having bowel movements every morning but the stools are thinner than they used to be, not too much comes out and I haven’t been had an "s" shaped bowel movement in awhile. I don’t have much stomach pain, just some aches every now and then. I bled once about a few months ago when i had a bowel movement and i was worried then. I’m worried again in regards to colon cancer. I am 19 years old and wondering why my stool is thinner and smaller..does that mean colon cancer??

Ok so this started a little over a month ago. It started with a tooth ache, then my lower abdomen started bothering me, two days later, I was in and out of the bathroom about 6 times in two hours feeling like I was going to have diarrhea or throw up. I went to the dentist because I though it had something to do with my tooth, which he said I was just grinding my teeth. So I went to the doctor two days later, and he said it was just intestinal cramping. It was still bothering me two days later, but it was like a dull ache with my stools being all over the place. ie. loose, diarrhea, excess mucus in them. So I went back again and he sent me to have a CT scan and X-Ray of my abdomen, which all came back negative. So he then sent me to see a specialist on May 19th, I went to him, and he gave me some Donnaltal (sp?) and said to come back in a month if it isn’t any better. Well it hasn’t gotten any worse, but it hasn’t really gotten a lot better, I bought some Bennefiber and have been taking that, and trying to make sure I get enough fiber into my diet for about two weeks now. Well sometimes when I wipe I see like little specs of what look light orange, or maybe even light red, but pretty sure it’s light orange specs in my stool or on the toilet paper (no bigger then maybe a grain of Kosher salt) Saturday and today my stool smelled real bad. Wondering if maybe this is Colon Cancer, IBS, or maybe just IBS with anxiety. not sure I can wait another two weeks to go see the specialist again. Again I am a 23 year old male, who is overweight but working on changing that once I figure out what this is.
I’ve also had blood test for Diabetes, Kidney, and Liver Function. Urine test were negative too.
Keep leaving stuff out, sometimes it kind of looks like there is undigested food in my stool.

I have been having pain and swelling in my rectum for a little while now. I’m pregnant and I had the same problem during my first pregnancy too, but then it went away after I delivered and now it’s back. I’ve seen a gastroenterologist and he did a rectal exam and said it felt like a rectal fissure and prescribed a hydrocortisone/lidocaine cream. From what I’ve heard, the lidocaine creams usually work very well in treating the pain associated with rectal fissures, but it doesn’t do anything.

I’m starting to question whether it’s a fissure based on the way it presents. The pain is on the inside on the left a few inches up. I know there is an internal hemorrhoid around the location where the pain is originating because I can feel it.

It doesn’t hurt at all when I have a bowel movement and there is no pain for like 10 or so minutes afterward then the swelling starts to build up until there is a lot of pain and swelling inside. The swelling and pain lasts several hours. The lidocaine/hydrocortisone cream doesn’t even touch the pain and swelling. From what I’ve heard fissures hurt when you have a bowel movement, which is making me question whether it’s that or not.

Even though I am pregnant I haven’t had any constipation. I’ve tried miralax and it makes my stools very very soft, which helps, but still triggers the swelling. I think the swelling is the major cause of the pain. I’m just not sure what’s causing the swelling. Is this consistent with a rectal fissure or something else?

Back in mid october I went to the hospital for attempted suicide. I had convinced myself that I had colon cancer and that I was going to die. The reason I thought this was because I was having constant diarehha and when ever I didn’t have diarehha my stools were very thin. There was no blood or anything like that. The doctors did a x-ray of my colon and abdomin etc and they said there was no tumor or polyp or anything like that, but they didn’t tell me what the problem was. So I was releaved and went home without knowing what was wrong with me… Ever since then I’ve still had diarehha on and off and my stools are very thin 98% of the time. And the day after valentines My stool was RED and I freaked out! My girlfriend told me to calm down because she used a buttload of red food coloring in these cupcakes that she made me so I didn’t think anything of it. Then again on monday I have RED stools and diarehha. The day before I had hot wings and that morning I had some left over red velvet cake. My doctor assured me last month that it’s not cancer because i’m very young and he feels no mass in my lower abdomin and such. My main question here is could colon cancer have developed since october? I’m 19 years old, there is no history of it in my family that I know of, but I have a very poor diet. Please help, I’m scared out of my mind and I can’t take it anymore.

Back in mid october I went to the hospital for attempted suicide. I had convinced myself that I had colon cancer and that I was going to die. The reason I thought this was because I was having constant diarehha and when ever I didn’t have diarehha my stools were very thin. There was no blood or anything like that. The doctors did a x-ray of my colon and abdomin etc and they said there was no tumor or polyp or anything like that, but they didn’t tell me what the problem was. So I was releaved and went home without knowing what was wrong with me… Ever since then I’ve still had diarehha on and off and my stools are very thin all the time, like I very rarely have a normal looking stool anymore. And the day after valentines My stool was RED and I freaked out! My girlfriend told me to calm down because she used a buttload of red food coloring in these cupcakes that she made me so I didn’t think anything of it. Then again on monday I have RED stools and diarehha. The day before I had hot wings and that morning I had some left over red velvet cake. My doctor assured me last month that it’s not cancer because i’m very young and he feels no mass in my lower abdomin and such. My main question here is could colon cancer have developed since october? I’m 19 years old, there is no history of it in my family that I know of, but I have a very poor diet. Please help, I’m scared out of my mind and I can’t take it anymore

Been having hard stools for about 3 days now. I’m 15. I thinks it what ive been eating for the past 2 weeks. I been eating mcds and burger king and pizza straight all 2 weeks. And i noticed my stool is hard. And i havent been feeling that good. Like fatique and irritible and stuff. I ate a salad today with fries and a whopper for dinner. I have to stop eating fast food lol. Took 2 stool softener tablets and 2 benefiber tablets. I noticed today after i ate that salad and that ive gotten like gas in there i cant fart out LOL. But its good to see im producing some gas. As a few days ago i wasnt and i was bloated after i alwayys ate and had like a bowel movement of 2 tirds LOL. I remember i had this a while back and i drank some of my dads milk of magnesia and OHHH BOY after a day i was cleaning out the street suers. LOL, but yeah… any advice… i hope its nothing serious with my intestines or nothing. Just want to see if anyone experieneced that before or not lol

last sat i took x and went to a rave. the next day (sunday) i was having diarrhea couple times and on monday i was still having diarrhea and the stools were black. sometimes it would be the normal solid brown. on monday night when i went to take a #2 no poo came out but looked like this clear white/yellowish jelly substance. then on tuesday it was hard to poo like i would have to force myself. throughout the day i could here my stomach bubbles when i lay on my bed. sometimes i would also feel this small stings by the right side of my belly button. now today (wed) i took fiber colon cleanse and my poo is normal but its like dark brown/black and i still can hear/feel my stomach bubble and the little stings on the right side of my belly button. is there something wrong? is it a big health issue i need to go check out by my doctor? and how would i tell my doctor what i took because i think he would tell my parents.

It all started around christmas time after 3 days of eating at various houses, i seemed to urinate alot more and felt a slight burning that following week, after awhile i developed a pain in my left lower abdominal region, the doctor suspected diverticulitis, have seen specialist and told him my symptoms, he said i should see a urologist despite adding to my symptoms that my stomach is always rumbling and my stools have become somewhat narrow, the pain has now spread to the lower right side of my pelvic region, it has been almost 2 months of having this mystery illness and am awaiting an ultrasound on march 6, i don’t know what to make of it now, i am thinking it could be my bowels and they need a good cleansing but am afraid that it may make my symptoms worse, they have taken bloodwork and urine tests but nothing has shown up. I would really like some input as to possible causes so i could maybe follow up on it.

Okay so i’m 19, and ever since i can remember my stools have been what is referred to as "pellet stools" which i thought was normal till i started reading up on it. I’ve heard that pellet stools are a sign of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. About 2 years ago after i went to the bathroom i noticed the water was bloody. I showed my mom and she asked if i had hemorrhoids and i said idk but i noticed after i changed my diet that never happened again. Sometimes i feel bloated and feel like there is a lot of gas in my stomach which read is both a symptom of colon cancer and IBS. Other then that i have no symptoms.

I’m just really scared and after i read up on these things i started think i had colon cancer because i tend to be a hypochondriac. I’m a healthy weight and have been eating and exercising a lot more the older i get.
My boyfriend and mom have told im just worrying too much but i wanted to know if anyone else had any opinions.
Thank you so much!

Also im pretty OCD about things and am stressed quite often. If this matters lol

First off I’m 23 years old. No family history of Colon Cancer.

A year ago I got really constipated. I had a really tough time passing my stool. I finally passed it and immediately after I developed what I thought were hemorrhoids. When I would go to the bathroom I would get a split second sharp pain and when I wiped there would be just a tiny bit of blood on the tissue.

That eventually slowed down and it hasn’t happened in a moth or so. Two weeks ago I developed looser than normal stools. I wasn’t going to the bathroom more or anything, my stools were just very loose. I had no other symptoms. Felt perfectly fine.

I went to the doctor yesterday. I told her all my symptoms. She did a rectal exam as well as tested my stool for blood. She said the rectal exam looked good. No signs of any hemorrhoids or anything. My stool also tested negative for blood.

She said she didn’t suspect I had cancer at all and told me other things that it might be. At this point i’m doing the BRAT diet to see what happens.

Do you think this could still be colon cancer. I have really bad anxiety so I’m naturally worried.

So i have been constipated for about two weeks now, and about a month ago i had a bad case of diarrhea. Throughout these two weeks i have been getting these symptoms: clear mucus out of my rectum, pain in my stomach(usually with bowel movement), and hard small stools. When i started using laxatives my stool started coming not as wide as before. i know i should probably see a doctor for this question, but im thinking it is just constipation, and i should simply just change my diet.

my question is, is it possible i have colon cancer?

b/g: mom has ovarian cancer, however all recent (past few months) ct-scans, x-rays, and ultrasounds show no tumors. About two months ago severe vomitting (from an oral chemo) resulted in no mobility of the gut and thus no eating or bowel movements.

question:
recent x-ray of abdoemn said:
"Positive bowel gas is noted. Organ shadows and osseous shadows are grossly negative. No significant stools are identified." Prior ct-scan (about 1 to 2 mo ago) said scan shows consistent with ileus vs sbo.

So does this sound like it is ileus and not a sbo? miralax is not really working and I’m not sure what to do to make the bowel ‘active’ again (there are no sounds). What does ‘positive bowel gas’ mean in relation to what’s going on?

Thanks in advance for any assistance

17 year old female.
since november i have been having blood on the toilet paper after a bowel movement. not alot, and its bright red. only once has it been on the stool itself. all other times its just on the paper. Also i have had to strain more than usual and there is some pain with the straining. also the stool usualy comes out in medium sizes balls. the color is normal.

i started taking miralx and the problem got 100 percent better. the stool was in one long piece and it was soft and there was no pain and no blood. and no straining. them once i stopped taking miralx the problem came back. my family has a history of IBS (iratable bowel syndrome) but no history of colon cancer at all.

also i have a very healthy diet, not overweight, a month ago i started drinking 8 glasses of water a day because before that i would drink only about 2. the increases water has not really helped. i exercise fairly regularly too.

there is no stomach pain associated with this problem.
also i generally have always had harder stools.

what could this be? colon cancer? IBS? anal fissures? hemorrhoids?