Dr Amir Khan

And persistent bloating is the other big one.

Women, if you're over 35 and you've got bloating for three weeks or more, that is unexplained.

That could be a first sign of ovarian cancer.

So we want to get that checked as well.

Yeah.

Nine out of 10 times, it's not cancer.

But we just need to make sure we're ruling that out.

Hugely so.

First of all, premenopause, the periods, periods affect your bowels as well.

Have you ever had a period poo, Cherry?

I might have.

Everyone's like, oh my God, I have to.

And honestly, like women are really surprised by this idea that your periods affect your poos.

But actually, one of the things that you produce when you're on your period is prostaglandins.

It's a chemical that stimulate your uterus to squeeze and contract to push that lining of the womb that you haven't used to be pregnant out as a period.

So it squeezes the prostaglandins, stimulate the womb to squeeze and push out that lining that you don't need because you didn't get pregnant that cycle.

But those prostaglandins don't just stay in the uterus.

They also affect your bowels.

So as they're squeezing your uterus, they're also squeezing your bowels.

So you end up going to the toilet more when you're on your period.