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Summary of your symptoms

Date checker completed: Saturday 7th December 2024

You are over 50 yrs old and have rectal bleeding without pile symptoms, no change in bowel habit and abdominal pain with a normal appetite and no weight loss.

Additional information if you see your GP

Patients over the age of 60 with persistent bleeding without pile symptoms for more than six weeks merit referral to the 2-week clinic. Patients below 60 years old with normal examinations of their tummy and back passage and a normal blood test should be referred to a routine hospital clinic for further investigations and treatments to stop the bleeding.

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