Hey there,
I suffer from health anxiety, so I'm actually getting a bit panicky right now due to symptoms. I've had various bowel related symptoms for 5 years now, and I've been told it's likely IBS, but just last January had a flexible sigmoidoscopy to rule anything out as I was worried. The results came back normal other than hemmorhoids and the gastro didn't seem concerned after that, so I put it out of my mind. Lately tho, my anxiety has been going out of control because today when I passed stool there was some reddish maroon colored mucus mixed in with it. I am however on a period, could it just be that? Considering I was passing a lot of gas when I tried to go (i only went a small amount). Other than that I don't feel like my hemmorhoids are particularly inflamed right now, but who knows?
Is it likely to be anything worse tho? I'm constantly looking at google and getting terrified, I'm also in the midst of moving house right now and won't be able to go to a gastro until way after April as I also have a holiday out of the country booked.
Is it likely to just be period blood that got mixed up? Or a hemmorhoid being irritated? Is the sigmoidoscopy being normal a good sign????
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