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See your GP

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You are over 50 years old and have rectal bleeding without pile symptoms associated with a change in bowel habit to going more often with looser stools and abdominal pain without significant weight loss or loss of appetite

Additional information if you see your GP

Patients who have these symptoms persistent and unremitting for more than six weeks are eligible for referral to the 2-week clinic.
In healthy patients aged 50-70 years old who have not had previous colonic imaging a single flexible sigmoidoscopy has the added benefit of detecting incidental but significant adenomatous polyps which if removed may prevent a future cancer - ‘opportunistic screening'