Common Signs and symptoms of colon cancer

Common  Signs and symptoms of colon cancer

Bowel or colon cancer, is cancer in any part of the colon or rectum common symptoms of bowel cancer can include:

• A change in bowel habits, such as diarrhea, constipation, or narrowing of the stool, that lasts for more than a few days
• A feeling that you need to have a bowel movement that is not relieved by doing so
• Rectal bleeding
• Dark stools, or blood in the stool
• Weakness and fatigue
• Sometimes, the cancer can cause a blockage (obstruction) in the bowel
• Unintended weight loss
• Blood in the stool
• Pain in the right side of the abdomen or stomach
• Leg swelling
• Itching
• Abdominal swelling
• blood in, or on, your stools (bowel motions) – the blood may be bright red or dark
• pain in the tummy (abdomen) or back passage
• feeling that you haven’t emptied your bowel properly after a bowel motion
• unexplained tiredness.