India, Dec. 3 -- If you've noticed blood in your stool or your bowel habits keep shifting - suddenly becoming constipated or experiencing bouts of unexplained diarrhoea - it may be more serious than you think. Colon cancer is increasingly showing up in people in their 30s, and these early warning signs are often the first red flags your body sends. Before you brush them off as routine digestive issues, it's important to understand what they could indicate and why timely attention matters.

Dr Joseph Salhab, a gastroenterologist and health content creator from Florida, specialising in digestion, liver, pancreas and nutrition, has outlined four hallmark signs of colon cancer that people in their 30s should watch out for. In an Instagram vid...