But, just because you have looser stools, it doesn’t necessarily mean the you have bowel cancer.
You should still have it checked by a doctor if you also develop any other symptoms of bowel cancer, however.
Finding blood in your poo, and persistent abdominal pain could also be caused by the disease.
The symptoms are far more likely to be caused by something less serious, including constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, or Crohn’s disease.
More than 40,000 new cases of bowel cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year.