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Galen88
06-17-2006, 02:29 PM
What are the causes of this----other than colorectal cancer?

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jaydees
06-18-2006, 12:04 PM
What are the causes of this----other than colorectal cancer?


Any type of blockage near the anus can do this as the feces squeezes past the blockage it is formed into a flat shape. Hemmerhoids could do this, sometimes simple constipation can do this.

tahb
06-19-2006, 12:57 PM
Get a DRE (Digital Rectal Exam) done at minimum. This is just Doc inserting finger and probing (a painful and embarrassing exam). Check if sigmoidoscopoy, colonoscopy, CT Scan etc is required.

 
 
 




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