Abdomen

Question 1

What are the LOWER GI Red flag symptoms?

Answer 1

• Change in bowel habit
• Unexplained PR bleeding
• Diarrhoea - ask about foreign travel and feverish symptoms.
• Vomiting
• Tenesmus
• Unintentional Weight loss
• FH GI Cancer (Higher suspicion if >50 years)

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Question 2

What are the UPPER GI Red flag symptoms?

Answer 2

• Dysphagia & weight loss - are the main 2 - higher suspicion if age >55years.
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