Hi everyone, i’m super anxious and I wanted to get your opinions. i do have a doctors appointment schedule but it’s at the end of the week and this is on my mind.

About 2 weeks ago I had tomato soup and then a raw tomato the next day, not sure how related this is or if it’s just a coincidence but the day after eating the raw tomato, i had red spots in my stool, some of it would be floating and some of it would be on my stool. it looked like tomato skin, bright red and in patches. For the whole week I had that feeling in my stomach that i needed to go to the bathroom and my stools were pretty soft, in the beginning it was almost diarrhea. The red in my stool lasted 4 days.

This week, I didn’t have any red but my stool most of the time is soft and it’s accompanied by a burning sensation AFTER i poop. Except today and yesterday and noticed that when I pooped, there was 1 spot on my stool that looked like blood.

I’m 24 and I know colon cancer is on the rise for those in their 20’s so I’m super scared. Please let me know what you think, whether it’s alarming or I can calm down..

The picture I shared is my stool from this morning and the little spot on my stool is what has me worried.