Digestive Health SpecialistsLet’s get a little personal, shall we? We all eat, drink and then digest. What we put in our bodies has to come out. We all go to the restroom and have bowel movements. It’s normal. It’s a part of life. But what is not normal is red on the tissue or red in the stool – and by red we mean blood. Seeing red can mean several different things. It can be associated with problems in your esophagus all the way down to your rectum.
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women combined in the United States. However, when colorectal cancer is found and treated early, there is a 90% survival rate. Unfortunately, one in three American adults are not screened as recommended. There are a few screening tests available, but a colonoscopy is the only screening test that both detects and prevents cancer. Other tests can miss certain polyps (pre-cancer), and have false positive or false negative results.
