Deborah James Bowel Cancer Symptoms Explained: Deborah James a former teacher and well known for co-hosting the award-winning BBC podcast “you, me, and the Big C”, announced on social media this week that she has moved to hospice-at-home care because “her body simply isn’t playing ball” after the diagnosed of cancer in 2016. the teacher managed to raise funds for charity through her Bowelbabe Fundraiser- which she launched while confirming her “cancer situation and this journey of her is coming to an end in near future”. Follow More Update On GetIndiaNews.com
Deborah James Bowel Cancer Symptoms Explained
Hear fear become reality when she was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer just at the age of 35 years and this news left her standing on cold feet as she was a vegetarian, physically in her BMI, and don’t drink or smoke. initially, her blood tests and stool sample didn’t show any signs but later came to the conclusion by her GP that she might have irritable bowel syndrome, she added that she was still losing weight, passing blood, going to the toilet like 100 times a day, and feeling tired. and she said her body isn’t playing though she tried everything possible.
The mother of two kids is struggling with her life and funds as she paid privately for a colonoscopy. this led to her treatment of an “ugly 5.5cm cancerous, ulcerated tumor”. bowel cancer is the UK’s second most deadly form of cancer and is the most common to be diagnosed nationwide. its main area of damage is the colon and the rectum and develops from pre-cancerous growth called polyps. nearly 50000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK and there are currently 269000 people in total suffering from this in the UK.
In January 2017, Deborah writes in her blog about symptoms here are the sign of cancer, its main symptoms are bleeding from the bottom, change in bowel habits, frequent weight loss, fatigue, pain, and a lump in the stomach. but most people feel similar symptoms but don’t have bowel cancer but if you see the symptoms frequently and the situation persists then u must seek the advice of your GP. if u have symptoms so such type it could other problems like constipation, diarrhea, piles, anal fissures, ulcerative colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
The factors that increase the risk of getting bowel cancer are age above 50 years, hereditary, history of non-cancerous growths in your bowel, type 2 diabetes, unhealthy lifestyle, and ulcerative colitis. This can be prevented by taking some measures scientists believe around 50% of bowel cancer could be prevented by a healthy lifestyle, eating a high fiber diet, cutoff smoking and alcohol, and regularly indulging in physical exercises. it can be home diagnosed by a home test kit to screen for bowel cancer.
