If you are concerned that you may have bowel cancer we recommend that you follow this link to carry out a simple check – https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/symptoms
People experience all sorts of bowel symptoms but there are three KEY symptoms to identify more serious bowel disease.
- Bleeding from the bottom or rectal bleeding
- Change in your bowel habit – including constipation and diarrhoea
- Abdominal pain or discomfort
We hope that you find this checker useful, but if you have any concerns please contact your GP as soon as possible.