Black tarry stools blood in the stools sudden weight loss very pale stool high fever.
Foul smelling stool symptoms of colon cancer.
Symptoms that may occur with foul smelling stools include.
In normal and healthy course of metabolism waste products are swept out through several ways such as urine stool breath or even just simply evaporated into the air above the skin through sweating.
Disease has ability to subtly alter the body s fragrance.
This change in bowel habits can lead to cramping bloating and abdominal pain and could be an indicator of colon cancer.
However abdominal pain that began recently and is severe and long lasting can be a sign of cancer.
So what does colon cancer smell like.
Right sided colon cancer presents insidiously with anaemia symptoms left sided colon cancer present with change in bowel habit alternating constipation and diarrhoea passage of stale blood and rectal cancers present with a feeling of incomplete emptying of the bowers.
People who experience an overgrowth of harmful intestinal bacteria while taking antibiotics may notice the following symptoms.
Bowel cancer symptoms include a persistent change in bowel habit or a persistent abdominal pain.
Apart from pancreatic cancer here are some possible reasons for smelly poop.
African americans have a greater risk of colon cancer than do people of other races.
Dietary changes medications or supplements urine infection nutrient malabsorption irritable bowel syndrome colitis gallstones.
Colon cancer can be diagnosed at any age but a majority of people with colon cancer are older than 50.
Signs that you need to see a doctor immediately include.
The rates of colon cancer in people younger than 50 have been increasing but doctors aren t sure why.
Colon cancer occurs in the large intestine which can affect bowel habits.
Most family physicians are well aware of the symptoms of colorectal cancer.