Worried about a symptom?

Clear, plain-English guides to the symptoms patients ask me about most — and how to get seen quickly at Nuffield Health Warwickshire Hospital, Leamington Spa. If you are worried, you do not have to wait.

Blood in your poo or bleeding from your bottom

A change in your bowel habit that won't settle

Diarrhoea that keeps coming back or won't go away

New or persistent constipation

Tummy pain that won't go away

Losing weight without trying

Low iron or anaemia with no clear cause

Difficulty or discomfort when swallowing

A new lump or swelling in your tummy or groin

A hernia that is getting bigger or painful