# OnCo record urgent-help-bowel-cancer (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/urgent-help-bowel-cancer/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "urgent-help-bowel-cancer" ;
  schema:name "When to seek urgent help with bowel cancer (NHS 111 and 999)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "bowel obstruction"@en, "bowel perforation"@en, "stoma blockage"@en, "rectal bleeding emergency"@en ;
  schema:description "Call 999 for signs of sepsis, non-stop bleeding from the bottom or large blood clots, or sudden severe tummy pain with green vomit. Ring the hospital's 24-hour line at once for a temperature outside your team's range, shivering, diarrhoea that has not settled within 24 hours, or a stoma that has stopped working. Use 111 for black or dark red poo and bloody diarrhoea."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/urgent-help-bowel-cancer/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-24"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer/symptoms/>, <https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sepsis/>, <https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/colostomy/complications-of-a-colostomy/>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/treatments-and-drugs/irinotecan>, <https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/sepsis>, <https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/urgent-and-emergency-care-services/when-to-use-111/>, <https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/urgent-and-emergency-care-services/when-to-call-999/> ;
  onco:tag "gi", "colorectal" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/febrile-neutropenia/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/stoma/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/neutropenia/> .