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 there hope you are well i had fit test positive 400 referral to hospital and got checked up and it was just polyps and referral back to my gp and been told because of conticepation they have seen blood so plz don't worry I have gone through some hard times and still been recovering from that anxiety the problem lots of people make is go on Google like I did and tell you the worse thing possible so please don't panic until you get to see by the hospital and hope you will recover and this post should helpful to you and others
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