Our colon cancers were dismissed as 'anxiety' and 'allergies' - the delayed diagnoses mean we'll die from the disease

EXCLUSIVE Our colon cancers were dismissed as 'anxiety' and 'allergies' - the delayed diagnoses mean we'll die from the disease READ MORE: Colon cancer crisis in under-50s could be fueled by energy drinks By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 08:03 EDT, 28 July 2024 | Updated: 08:03 EDT, 28 July 2024 e-mail View comments Young women whose symptoms were dismissed as allergies and anxiety were diagnosed with terminal colon cancer , after months of pleading with doctors. Raquel Aguilar, 33, of California , suffered severe diarrhea off and on for three years that included blood in her stool.

Yet doctors referred her to a psychologist instead of ordering additional tests. It would take a trip to the three years later for severe abdominal pain for her to be diagnosed with inoperable stage four colon cancer, which is effectively a death sentence. And some women are considered 'anxious' from having almost no symptoms at all.

Amy Lentz of Washington state noticed that her stool was slightly looser than normal. She had to wait a year and a half for a colonoscopy, which confirmed terminal colon cancer. As colon cancer cases surge in young Americans , DailyMail.

com has heard from dozens of patients with a similar story: doctors overlooked their symptoms because they were 'too young,' including women dubbed 'melodramatic.' Now, their disease is so advanced that it's too late to cure it. Raquel Aguilar, 33, from California, suffere diarrhea off and on before she was d.