{"id":3596,"date":"2016-03-31T08:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T08:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2016-03-31T08:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T08:18:03","slug":"april-is-bowel-cancer-awareness-month-4087","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/april-is-bowel-cancer-awareness-month-4087\/","title":{"rendered":"April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month-4087"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bowel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/cancer\/index.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"53\" title=\"cancer\">cancer<\/a> is the third most common form of cancer in England, often referred to as rectal cancer or colon cancer; this depends on where the cancerous cells form.<\/p>\n<p>The causes of bowel cancer are unknown but there have been high risks and factors identified:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Family history \u2013 where you have a strong family history with multiple relatives being diagnosed<\/li>\n<li>Age \u2013 bowel cancer mostly occurs in older people<\/li>\n<li>Poor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/healthguide\/nutritionindex.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"56\" title=\"diet\">diet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Excessive alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Smoking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are have any worried thoughts or believe you may have bowel cancer, here are the symptoms to look out for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unexplained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/cosmetic-surgery\/weight-loss-surgery.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"46\" title=\"weight loss\">weight loss<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Abdominal pains<\/li>\n<li>Changes in bowel habits<\/li>\n<li>Bleeding from rectum<\/li>\n<li>Lump in abdomen\/rectum<\/li>\n<li>Blood in stools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of the symptoms occur in other health conditions and are not related to cancer in any way, but it is always important to visit your GP to get checked out.<\/p>\n<p>Bowel cancer is treated by further tests with the specialist, which will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colonoscopy<\/li>\n<li>Proctoscopy\/sigmoidoscopy<\/li>\n<li>Blood tests<\/li>\n<li>Barium enema<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Various treatment is offered for bowel cancer, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and biological therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowel cancer is the third most common form of cancer in England, often referred to as rectal cancer or colon cancer; this depends on where the cancerous cells form. The causes of bowel cancer are unknown but there have been high risks and factors identified: Family history \u2013 where you have a strong family history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[2166,2452,2247,2453],"class_list":["post-3596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","tag-bowel-cancer","tag-bowel-cancer-awareness-month","tag-bowel-cancer-risk-factors","tag-types-of-bowel-cancer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888008809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}