blood in soft stools

sandy244

recently iam having blood in stools.the stools are soft.i have no pain in passing them out.i had anal fissure one month back.it was healed.iam worrying if it is causing colon cancer.

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thank u

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B_Shel20

Well, blood or fissures will not "cause" colon cancer, however blood in stools is a symptom of colon cancer(along with symptoms of many other GI issues) Anal fissures can pop back up, so if you had one before, you could certainly have another. Did you have a doctor diagnos the first one?

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