What screenings for throat cancer are available in Singapore?

Simply put. There are benign causes and worrisome ones. If the frequency is unusual and lasting longer than a minute or two, I would advise you to get it checked. At the A&E, our practice would be to first examine where the bleeding occurs, if it’s at the front and easily seen it’s usually due to mucosal injury be it nose digging or blowing your nose very hard. Some medicines like acne medications can cause dry mucosa, as can cold weather and climates.

According to the current screening guidelines for colorectal cancer released by the Ministry of Health Singapore, there are 3 risk categories, namely average risk individual, increased risk individual and high risk individual. A direct family member of a patient with colon cancer is an increased risk individual. If the patient with colon cancer (your family member) was diagnosed before the age of 60 years, you are recommended to undergo colonoscopy once very 5 years starting at an age 10 years before the patient developed the cancer.