tony sayer wrote
Man at B&Q wrote
Rod Speed wrote
MM wrote
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote
wrote
I check the poo of all of my animals in order to
ensure they are parasite free and have no blood or
anything in it, so why do humans not do the same?
Because we have a thing about ****
- we prefer to leave it out of sight.
And suffer an early death from bowel cancer...
The bowel cancer death rates aren't any lower in germany.
Visual inspection of turds is useless for detecting bowel cancer.
Umm .. beg to differ to the idiot post above....
Down on your knees, fool.
It is useful for visible blood.
Which is much too late for viable bowel cancer detection.
Any blood in faeces is a warning sign of something wrong.
Wrong, as always. Its usually just haemorrhoids.
Sometimes if its bright red it can be simple piles AKA Haemorrhoids,
Normally, not sometimes.
but a duller shade usually means its come from higher up the digestive
tract.
But when its visible, its much too late for viable bowel cancer detection.
So any blood in faeces is a warning and
should be checked out as soon as possible
But when its visible, its much too late for viable bowel cancer detection.
especially if your male and over 50 or any
history of bowel cancer in your family..
But when its visible, its much too late for viable bowel cancer detection.
Occult blood this is blood in faeces but not visible
usually comes from the same source. There is a simple
test for this and screening programs are available.
What I said, stupid.
Oddly enough if it is bowel cancer and can be caught early enough
And that isn't going to happen by scrutinising your turds.
it is one of the simplest cancers to cure, just snip out the offender
before it has any chance to go anywhere and bobs yer whatsisname;!.
However once its spread it can be rather difficult to treat..
As for detection an Endoscopy is the gold standard test.
But isn't the best approach to early detection.
That's best left until after a screening positive.
This site has a lot more info them most and its well worth a good look.
http://www.gihealth.com/
Not if you understand the basics already.
So next time your at the docs and are as said
over 50 odd then ASK him or her for a test..
No point, he already knows what needs to be done.
There are some photos and videos of tests in progress.