Colorectal Cancer Rising Among Young Indians, Experts Urge Earlier Screening

Imagine your body has a big tube inside called the colon.

Usually, older people get a sickness called colon cancer, which is like a bad weed growing in that tube.

But now, doctors are seeing this weed growing much more in younger people, even in their 30s and 40s.

In India, this is happening quite a bit.

It's because people are eating more processed foods, like snacks and fast food, and not enough fiber.

They are also not moving around much and sometimes using tobacco or alcohol.

The problem is, when young people get these symptoms, they often think it's something small like piles, or doctors don't think it could be cancer, so they wait too long to get checked.

By the time they find the weed, it’s already big and hard to treat.

Doctors are saying we need to start checking for these weeds much earlier, around age 40, and tell everyone about the warning signs so we can catch it when it's small and curable.