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See your GP

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

Additional information if you see your GP

Patients over 60 years old with rectal bleeding without anal symptoms persisting for six weeks merit referral to the 2-week clinic. Patients below 60 years old should be referred to a routine hospital clinic for further investigations and local treatments to stop the bleeding.
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'