Poop may be the favorite topic of preschoolers, yet very few adults want to talk about it. And if a problem shows up, like blood in your stool, it can double the embarrassment.
But blood in your stool can be a sign that something needs attention in your body, so it’s worth a conversation with your doctor.
“The thing that everyone worries the most about is cancer, but blood in your stool can be caused by a whole variety of...
Constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain can all be symptoms of colorectal cancer.
But they can also be signs of other conditions...
Almost everyone will experience a swollen lymph node at some point. That’s because these structures are designed to filter germs and other...
Some cancer symptoms are fairly straightforward. With breast cancer, it’s often a lump. With skin cancer, it may be a mole that changes shape or a strange-looking sore that won’t heal.
But because blood cancers like leukemia affect the entire body, their symptoms can often be mistaken for signs of other conditions. So, it’s usually a number of symptoms taken together that lead to a formal leukemia diagnosis.
Common leukemia...
I was pregnant with my second child when I began having constipation. It turned out to be my first symptom of rectal cancer, but I didn’t...
Before I enrolled in one of MD Anderson’s triple-negative breast cancer clinical trial in November 2016, I was in a dark place. I’d been re-diagnosed...
A little over a year ago, Robbie Johnson was desperately searching for the right metastatic breast cancer treatment.
"I’d been...
Jerry McLeary can recall the exact moment he just knew that his journey with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma would end happily.
In high school, I didn’t have much of a social life. I had trouble with insomnia, anxiety, paranoia, depression and apathy. As time went on...
Because its symptoms are often vague, ovarian cancer can be hard to diagnose. And a definitive diagnosis requires a biopsy, which is best...