Fifty percent of the population will suffer from piles or haemorrhoids at some point in their lives...
Meaning that sometimes more sinister symptoms are passed off as the common condition.
Both have painful and embarrassing symptoms, but doctors have warned that it could be detrimental to keep schtum about the inconvenient maladies.
Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the world, with nearly 1.4 million cases diagnosed in 2012.
Online clinic Health Express previously teamed up with the Beating Bowel Cancer charity to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms.
The following infographics are really useful for differentiating between piles and something more sinister.
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