Bowel Cancer:
Source: NIB
More than 350 people under the age of 50 are diagnosed with Bowel Cancer annually and for some the diagnosis comes too late for treatment.
Symptoms include bleeding from the bottom or seeing blood in the toilet after a bowel motion, change of bowel motions over several weeks without returning to normal, persistent or periodic severe pain in the abdomen, a lump or a mass in the abdomen, tiredness and loss of weight for no particular reason and anaemia.
The best way to beat Bowel Caner is early detection. With Private Health Insurance will allow you to get tested straight away, when displaying symptoms as opposed to waiting on the Public System.
For further information on Bowel Cancer go to https://bowelcancernz.org.nz/