Visits to NHS bowel 癌 審査 web pages 急に上がる after George Alagiah´s death
Thousands of people have sought advice on bowel 癌 審査 に引き続いて the death of TV news presenter George Alagiah, new 人物／姿／数字s show.
NHS England, which runs the nhs.uk website, said that visits to the ‘bowel 癌 審査’ page on the NHS website last week saw a 243% 増加する compared to the week before.
It said that there were over 11,000 visits on Monday ? the day it was 発表するd that the presenter had died 老年の 67.
He was first 診断するd with 行う／開催する／段階 four (前進するd) bowel 癌 in 2014.
Commenting on the 殺到する in visits to the website, a 最高の，を越す 癌 doctor said that the news of Alagiah’s death “has made many of us 反映する on our own health”.
Professor Peter Johnson, NHS England’s 国家の 臨床の director for 癌 said: “The news of George Alagiah’s death has 影響する／感情d thousands across the country who will have watched him on the television, and has made many of us 反映する on our own health.
There has been a 殺到する in visits to the NHS bowel 癌 審査 pages に引き続いて the death of George Alagiah (PA)
“These 増加するd visits to NHS England web pages are a 肯定的な 調印する, because educating yourself about what symptoms and 危険 factors there are for bowel 癌 is 極端に important, as the earlier it is 設立する, the more treatable it is.
“It’s important to be aware of the symptoms of bowel 癌 ? so if you have noticed any changes such as 血 in your poo, a change in bowel habits or 苦痛 and bloating ? please do come 今後 for checks as soon as possible.”
Dr Lisa Wilde, director of 研究 and 外部の 事件／事情／状勢s at Bowel 癌 UK, said: “We have seen a spike in the number of people visiting bowelcanceruk.org.uk, with thousands more people 捜し出すing （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about the 病気 in 最近の days.
“There has also been more people 影響する／感情d by bowel 癌 地位，任命するing on our 会議 and 接触するing our Ask the Nurse service.
“Almost 43,000 people are 診断するd with bowel 癌 each year in the UK.
“When George Alagiah was 診断するd in 2014, he spoke 率直に about the 条件 and the importance of 審査.
“Taking part in bowel 癌 審査 can often find the 癌 before symptoms develop, when it’s much easier to 扱う／治療する.
“やめる 簡単に, 審査 could save your life and we would encourage everyone who is 適格の to 完全にする the 実験（する） when they receive it.
“Whatever your age, if you’re experiencing red 旗 symptoms of bowel 癌 like changes in bowel habit, bleeding from your 底（に届く） and 血 in your poo, please 接触する your GP straight away. They will want to see you and may ask you to do a 実験（する） at home to help decide whether your symptoms need その上の 調査.”
The three main symptoms of bowel 癌 are having 執拗な 血 in the stools, an 現在進行中の change in bowel habit (such as needing to go more often or 苦しむing the runs) and 執拗な lower 復部の 苦痛, bloating or 不快.
A loss of appetite may also occur, or somebody may 苦しむ 重要な, unintentional 負わせる loss.
Bowel 癌 is the fourth most ありふれた 癌 in the UK and leads to arou nd 16,800 deaths every year.
More than nine out of 10 事例／患者s of bowel 癌 develop in older adults over the age of 50, and nearly six in 10 are in people 老年の 70 or older.
