“That’s particularly true if they’re accompanied by abdominal pain, bloody stools or unintentional weight loss,” he told the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Diarrhoea
For more than two decades, she had lived with ongoing digestive issues, including frequent diarrhoea and stomach pain, due to ulcerative colitis.
After giving birth to her second child, however, Courtney noticed that her symptoms worsened significantly.
“I started dropping weight, losing my hair and even passing blood occasionally,” she shared.
Constipation
Catherine Wright was also diagnosed at a young age—she was 33 when doctors confirmed stage III colorectal cancer.
“I was pregnant with my second child when I began having constipation,” she explained. “Each night, I’d wake up with an urgent need to go to the bathroom. But then I’d sit on the toilet, unable to empty my bowels. It was annoying and interfered with my sleep.”
Jaystan Davis had a similar experience but was even younger. He was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer at just 19.
“I thought the inconsistent stools I was experiencing were from diet changes I’d made,” he said. “I was scared and very confused.”
