Comments on: Rectal Bleeding During Prenancy and History of Colon Polyps? http://www.hemroidtreatmentnow.com/bleeding-hemroids/rectal-bleeding-during-prenancy-and-history-of-colon-polyps Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mangokdkat http://www.hemroidtreatmentnow.com/bleeding-hemroids/rectal-bleeding-during-prenancy-and-history-of-colon-polyps#comment-792 mangokdkat Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:46:59 +0000 http://www.hemroidtreatmentnow.com/bleeding-hemroids/rectal-bleeding-during-prenancy-and-history-of-colon-polyps#comment-792 Pregnancy can accelerate certain cancers affected by hormones. That being said, hemorrhoids are VERY common during pregnancy. However, with your history of polyps, and the length of time since your last colonoscopy, I think it warrants further investigation. Your doctor should be able to do an exam to see if there are external hemmorhoids present, and may be able to do a sigmoidoscopy with minimal risk to you and your fetus to see if there are internal hemmorhoids or polyps in the sigmoid colon. With no history of cancer, it's probably too risky and not necessary to do a full colonoscopy at this point, and it can likely wait until the end of your pregnancy to investigate further if necessary. *I* would contact the doctor again and press the issue a little bit, given your personal history.<br><b>References : </b><br> Pregnancy can accelerate certain cancers affected by hormones.

That being said, hemorrhoids are VERY common during pregnancy.

However, with your history of polyps, and the length of time since your last colonoscopy, I think it warrants further investigation. Your doctor should be able to do an exam to see if there are external hemmorhoids present, and may be able to do a sigmoidoscopy with minimal risk to you and your fetus to see if there are internal hemmorhoids or polyps in the sigmoid colon. With no history of cancer, it’s probably too risky and not necessary to do a full colonoscopy at this point, and it can likely wait until the end of your pregnancy to investigate further if necessary.

*I* would contact the doctor again and press the issue a little bit, given your personal history.
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