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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.
The wording, situation by situation. Bleeding (NHS bowel cancer symptoms page): call 999 or go to A&E if you are bleeding non-stop from your bottom, or there is a lot of blood or you see large blood clots when you poo; ask for an urgent GP appointment or get help from NHS 111 if your poo is black or dark red or you have bloody diarrhoea. Sepsis (NHS): call 999 or go to A&E for breathing very fast; confusion, slurred speech or not making sense; blue, pale or blotchy skin, lips or tongue; a very high or very low temperature, feeling hot or cold to the touch, or shivering; or a rash that does not fade when pressed. Infection on chemotherapy (Macmillan): contact the hospital straight away on the 24-hour number for a temperature outside the range your team gave you, or for feeling unwell even with a normal temperature. Stoma problems (NHS colostomy pages): ask for an urgent GP appointment or get help from NHS 111 if your temperature is very high or you feel hot, cold or shivery; if there is a lot of blood coming from your stoma or in the bag; if there are signs of dehydration; if poo has not come out of your stoma for much longer than is normal for you or you feel uncomfortable; if you have severe tummy pain; or if you are feeling sick or being sick and the vomit may be green, because these can be signs of infection or a bowel obstruction. Blockage (NHS): if less poo is coming out than usual, or the stoma stops producing poo, you may have a blockage; a blockage is serious because the bowel could burst, and you may need further surgery, so speak to your stoma nurse urgently if you have cramps, are feeling sick or notice swelling around the stoma. Diarrhoea on irinotecan (Macmillan): contact the hospital straight away on the 24-hour number if diarrhoea starts less than 24 hours after treatment, and if anti-diarrhoea drugs have not worked within 24 hours. Constipation (Macmillan): if you have not been able to pass stools for over 2 days and are being sick, contact the 24-hour number straight away. Nothing here replaces the instructions your own team gave you; their number comes first.
Right-sided tumours behave differently from left-sided and rectal ones; the colon drains along its mesenteric vessels, the rectum into the mesorectum and pelvic side wall.
Same organ: Colon cancer (adenocarcinoma of the colon), Micropapillary adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum, Adenoma-like adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum, Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer, Familial adenomatous polyposis-associated colorectal cancer, Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum, Signet ring cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum, Medullary carcinoma of the colon, Serrated adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum, Peritoneal mesothelioma, Rectal cancer, Mismatch-repair deficient (MSI-high) colorectal cancer, BRAF V600E-mutant colorectal cancer, HER2-amplified colorectal cancer, KRAS G12C-mutant colorectal cancer, Early-onset colorectal cancer (under 50), Anal cancer (squamous cell carcinoma), Appendiceal cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei, Small intestine cancer (small bowel adenocarcinoma), Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours, Anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (precursor), Localised anal squamous cell carcinoma (stage I to III), Metastatic and recurrent anal squamous cell carcinoma, Low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasm and pseudomyxoma peritonei, Appendiceal adenocarcinoma (mucinous and non-mucinous, including signet ring cell), Goblet cell adenocarcinoma of the appendix, Localised small bowel adenocarcinoma (stage I to III, resected), Advanced and metastatic small bowel adenocarcinoma
Showing the organ this term concerns: Colorectal cancer.
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