'I was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer at 25 - everyone should know these unusual symptoms'

One pistillate has shared her symptoms she had that led to a devastating bowel crab diagnosis - arsenic doctors thought she conscionable had a urinary tract corruption owed to lone being 25-years-old

A pistillate who was fixed the devastating quality she had bowel crab aft mistaking her symptoms for a UTI has 1 urgent connection for anyone suffering with tummy pains.

At conscionable 25, Ellie Wilcock was fixed the quality she ne'er thought she'd perceive - that she had signifier 4 bowel cancer. The astir superior of people of cancer, which has dispersed crossed her body. Ellie, from Peterborough, had crisp pains on 1 broadside of her abdomen and abrupt bouts of fatigue but blamed it connected a urinary tract infection. Doctors believed due to the fact that her agonising symptom was successful conscionable 1 broadside of her abdomen and pelvis it was a occupation with her reproductive strategy - portion others assumed it was an ovarian cyst. However it was cancer, and is becoming overmuch much communal successful radical nether 50.

Ellie has taken to societal media to stock the important connection to others astir the aboriginal informing signs she had earlier she was diagnosed. "It [the pain] was successful my near manus side. It was due to the fact that the tumour was obstructing my ample bowel. I thought it was much similar urinary pain... doctors thought it was a UTI," she said successful a TikTok video, seen implicit 400,000 times. In a abstracted clip, Ellie said immoderate of the doctors thought it was an ovarian cyst, but said she had symptoms that were much commonly associated with bowel crab alternatively than a cycst. She explained however she noticed a alteration successful bowel habits, having some diarrhoea and constipation.

Ellie shared: "For me, it was a changeless alteration betwixt the 2 but it conscionable wasn't mean for me, and fatigue. I would travel location from enactment and conscionable privation to prevarication down and spell to bed. I was truly tired, I was truly fatigued. Even sat astatine my desk, I was falling dormant I was truthful tired."

She past noticed humor successful her stool which is different cardinal sign. She said: "At the clip I didn't deliberation I had this but connected reflection I did and conscionable didn't announcement it. This could beryllium a scope of colours, it could beryllium agleam reddish oregon a acheronian red. But thing that isn't mean for you and you've noticed accordant humor successful your poo past get it checked out. It is thing to beryllium embarrassed about. The sooner you look astatine it, the sooner you get it retired the way." The NHS accidental that anyone experiencing symptoms for 3 weeks oregon much should talk to their GP. While galore of the symptoms tin beryllium caused by issues specified arsenic irritable bowel syndrome, it's ever important to get checked.

Ellie archetypal went to her doc successful April 2022, and a trial for a UTI came backmost negative, but humor trial results showed determination was immoderate inflammation. She was past booked successful for an ultrasound arsenic it was thought she had an ovarian cyst, but arsenic her symptom started to get worse, she took herself to A&E wherever she past recovered retired the devastating news.

She past recovered retired the crab had dispersed to her liver, ovaries and peritoneum – the membrane that holds the organs successful the abdomen. After aggregate surgeries, Ellie was told successful August determination was nary much grounds of the disease. Ellie said successful her latest TikTok video: "I ever accidental crab tin hap to anyone, it doesn't discriminate. It is conscionable a bulldozer that moves into people's lives and it fills waiting rooms with people, each with their ain stories, their ain families warring this horrible disease," and urged radical to get checked retired consecutive distant if they person symptoms.

Bowel crab cases person risen successful radical nether 50, which has confused doctors. The NHS website shared immoderate of the astir communal symptoms which include:

• changes successful your poo, specified arsenic having softer poo, diarrhoea oregon constipation that is not accustomed for you
• needing to poo much oregon little often than accustomed for you
• blood successful your poo, which whitethorn look reddish oregon black
• bleeding from your bottom
• often feeling similar you request to poo, adjacent if you've conscionable been to the toilet
• tummy pain
• a lump successful your tummy
• bloating
• losing value without trying
• feeling precise bushed for nary reason

Bowel crab tin origin anaemia (when you person less reddish humor cells than usual), which tin marque you consciousness precise tired, abbreviated of enactment and person headaches.

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