Piles’ bleeding often occurs after passing motion and typically presents with bright red blood.
It should be noted that colon cancer seldom bleeds with visible blood in the stools until it is very advanced (that is why the stool tests are used to detect unseen blood in the stools), or if the tumour is situated very near the anus.
A very common scenario faced by patients is that of an “asymptomatic” colon cancer (i.e. no obvious symptoms and no visible blood seen in the stools) with piles. They often ignore or mistake their symptoms as being “due to piles” resulting in a delayed diagnosis of their cancer.
There are no “early warning signs” of colon cancer. By the time the signs and symptoms occur, it is often in a late stage. Get screened before your symptoms develop.
