{"id":5799,"date":"2016-07-21T09:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T09:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/polypodes-omades-kindynou\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:39:17","slug":"who-develop-polyps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/who-develop-polyps\/","title":{"rendered":"Who develop polyps most often?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Who develop polyps most often?<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_hr  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Those who are more likely to develop polyps are those who:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\">Eat a lot of fatty foods<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Smoke<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Drink alcohol<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Do not exercise<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Are overweight or obese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ppe3.jpg' class='avia_image'  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"187\" class=\"wp-image-4788 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-4788 avia_image\" src=\"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ppe3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Who should be tested for polyps?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><a href='https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ppe4.jpg' class='avia_image'  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-4789 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-4789 avia_image\" src=\"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ppe4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ppe4.jpg 343w, https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/ppe4-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Talk to your doctor about the possibility of polyp testing if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\">you have symptoms<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">you are over 45 years old<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">someone in your family has developed polyps or colon cancer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>What are the symptoms?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most small polyps cause no symptoms. Often, patients are unaware of their existence until they are spotted by a doctor during a regular check up or during an unrelated examination.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible, however, that some patients may have symptoms, such as the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bleeding from the anus. You may notice blood in your underwear or on toilet paper after bowel movements.<\/li>\n<li>Constipation or diarrhea that lasts more than a week.<\/li>\n<li>Blood in the stool. Blood may make stools look black or may appear as red streaks in them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any of these symptoms, see a doctor right away to see what the problem is.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  '><div class='av-share-box'><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this entry<\/h5><ul class='av-share-box-list noLightbox'><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/who-develop-polyps\/&#038;t=Who%20develop%20polyps%20most%20often%3F' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Who%20develop%20polyps%20most%20often%3F&#038;url=https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/?p=5799' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Twitter' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href='https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=Who%20develop%20polyps%20most%20often%3F&#038;url=https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/who-develop-polyps\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on LinkedIn' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7655,"parent":0,"menu_order":228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5799","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}