Doctors Answers (3)

Please speak to your family doctor about being evaluated by a gastroenterologist. The fact that your father died of colon cancer raises your risk. Please see your doctor about this soon.

You should definitely have a colonoscopy with that history.

This is a fairly serious problem. The differential diagnosis for bloody diarrhea that has been going on some time is extensive, but what I would worry about most is inflammatory bowel diseases, especially in this age group. I'd say you should connect with a gastroenterologist asap - if there are delays you should goto a different ER for evaluation and possibly admission for colonoscopy.