Bowel Screening

jennyjoan | 15:50 Mon 07th Oct 2019 | Body & Soul

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do you believe they can test properly with a little poo on the card

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aelmpvw

i have occasional haemorrhoids so is it pointless taking the test?

Sqad

ael........no it isn't pointless, as it would be wrong to assume that any blood detected in the farces was from your piles.
One can have piles AND colonic disease, coexisting.

Canary42

Half a loaf is better than no bread.

jennyjoan

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ginge - are you saying the kit is different - I have received one today and it is still the wee strips of cardboard

NellieMay

I'm assuming you get what your health authority pays for jj.

EDDIE51

Yes the test is Very efficient !

retrocop

Eddie
NOT in my situation. Were you diagnosed with bowel/colon cancer?

Vagus

To answer your question, I think the test is done properly, and I think is worth doing. It won’t pick up everything but will certainly pick up some things worth investigating.
As to whether you do it or not, entirely up to you. I would.

Old_Geezer

Why not ? Either the sort of blood they're looking for is there, or it's not.

Vagus

Eggzackly OG.

retrocop

Eddie
Got an answer to my question at 1831. Where you successfully diagnosed with cancer after you tested?

Samuraisan

We have that test on the NHS here in Spain too. You have to put the pooh on a little stick which goes in a phial. If it isn't worth doing, why would they spend so much money on everyone ( older than 60 I think) doing it ?

Hopkirk

Yes. Mine wasn't cards, but a little stick. I noticed there was a bit of liquid in the vial, so I suspect it is poured into a machine having been thoroughly shaken in the post.