If you notice changes in your bowel movements, and manner in which it comes. Maybe looser stool, frequenting the toilet too often, change in the colour of your stools. it may be a symptom of bowel cancer.
Most often food poisoning, stomach bugs or irritable bowel syndrome are the culprits but if the changes have been going on for more than three weeks it could be something more serious.
Nine out of 10 cases of bowel cancer are in people over the age of 50.
