20 years old with colon polyps?

I pray that your biopsy results come back negative. It is not normal to have polyps at that age. Your symptoms are the same as those of colon cancer, as well as other bowel issues (IBS, Chron's disease, etc).

As a parent to a 20yo with colon cancer, I applaud you for following up on your symptoms. I wish we had acted sooner when my son had abdominal pain. The blood in his stool didn't come until a year and a half later.

I wish you all the best.

At your age, the possibilities of a polyp being cancerous are approximately as almost 0 as you'll get. Polyps on no account begin out as melanoma, but when they're left to develop for quite a lot of years, there may be an expanded likelihood they're going to emerge as cancerous. Since you're it sounds as if prone to polyps, it is smart to track them extra on the whole so that they on no account have a risk to develop for quite a lot of years. Its a bit ironic, however you are going to truthfully have a miles reduce risk of colon melanoma than the populace as a entire considering the fact that you are going to be monitored at a cost that would possibly not permit melanoma to increase or boost with out detection.

Please try not to worry, polyps are very common, and are likely to be the cause of the problems you are experiencing.

Even with family history, it is highly unlikely to be cancer. I have a history of "early" colon cancer on both sides of my family (my mum with advanced stage at 35, my paternal uncle with early stage at 48, and my paternal grandfather with advanced stage in his early 70s). Even so, i have been advised to wait until 30 for 5 yearly colonoscopies because even with a genetic link it's so incredibly rare (virtually unheard of) to be cancer under the age of 30. Oh, and all 3 of my family members beat it!

It's good that they are testing it, but please try not to worry. The Professor who treated my mum (who traveled half way across the country to treat her because she was so rare and he wanted to study her) said he had only ever had one person younger than her in his very long and experienced career - and he specialises in "early" Colon Cancer.

Good luck for your results, fingers crossed - I'm sure it will be fine!x

It's a bit young but maybe there is a family tendency. Getting them seen to is the best solution, you are doing the right thing.