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Am 28 yrs, hemoroids patient(2nd stg). hav bad bloating stomach. ph level of stool is 5.0. scared if it is a colon cancer. pls advice?

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See colorectal: Usually, a good colorectal surgery can do proctoscopy or anoscopy to distinguish if bleeding is just from internal hemorrhoids or something more serious like a colon cancer.

Answered 11/8/2012

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