Bowel cancer symptoms: The ‘persistent’ sign when you go to the toilet – ‘tell your GP’

The NHS advises seeing a GP when you experience symptoms like these that last for three weeks or more.

Even though these symptoms can signal bowel cancer, most people experiencing these “do not have bowel cancer”, according to the health service.

From piles to coeliac disease, there are other conditions that present these signs as well.

However, you should take these symptoms “more seriously” as you get older or when the symptoms persist.