Hi , I'm a 39 year old female . Had a few weeks of bowel change , urgency for number 2 , sometimes loose , sometimes ok .stomach pains when need the toilet but not always , and no pain in stomach after bowel movement. But last week I had extreme pain around anal area when passing a stool , gp suspected internal pile , tried to examine me but was too painful , prescribed me some cream and ordered me to take a FIT test . ( I didn't see blood in my stool) . FIT test came back positive >400 , I've been fast tracked referred for colonoscopy for suspected cancer I'm terrified . But since then my stool has been fairly normal , I saw a bit of bright red blood yesterday in my stool and when wiping and I had an extreme ripping pain when my stool came out .which burned for a couple of hours after. Could this be a fissure ? Could that cause such a high FIT reading. Hoping for some reassurance as at the moment I'm thinking the worst .
Hi Toria123
Welcome to our community though sorry to hear about what you have been going through.
Looking at the cancer research web site here it points out that there are a number of reasons for having blood in poo. Indeed on the Bristol NHS trust sites there is a list of ulcers, bulges, polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, haemorrhoids (piles), swallowed blood from bleeding gums or nosebleeds, or it could be due to early bowel cancer.
As checking for cancer is given high priority the next step is a colonoscopy. Hopefully this will find something else but even if it were cancer then you will have the knowledge to go forward.
<<hugs>>
Steve
