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Colon Polyps
What are the symptoms of colon polyps?
Most small polyps don't cause symptoms. Often, people don't know they have one until the doctor finds it during a regular checkup or while testing them for something else.
But some people do have symptoms like these:
bleeding from the anus. You might notice blood on your underwear or on toilet paper after you've had a bowel movement.
constipation or diarrhea that lasts more than a week.
blood in the stool. Blood can make stool look black, or it can show up as red streaks in the stool.
If you have any of these symptoms, see a doctor to find out what the problem is.
How does the doctor test for polyps?
