 [ Symptoms ] afraid i may have colon cancer  hello to start off i would like to say that i have an appointment scheduled for next monday with my gd last month i was constipated for about 2 weeks during them i developed hemorrhoid like symptoms bleeding itching etc  but once i was having normal bowel movements and the pain was receding the bleeding continued it is been a month and the bleeding is still here it burns slightly at my rectum when i have a movement and this morning i had diarrhea and am nauseous but there was no blood [ Disease ] you might assume that a heart attack or cardiac arrest is something you only need to worry about when you are older but sad to say heart problems are all too common in younger men after accidents such as car crashes heart disease is the most common killer of men between the ages of 35 and 44 in men 45 to 54 years old it is number one in fact you are never too young to start thinking about this stuff the american heart association now recommends that people start heart disease prevention at the tender age of 20 not to be horribly dreary but look at it this way in the long run the odds are about one in three that you will die of cardiovascular disease so why not try to put that grim event off as long as possible    or prevent it altogether