12. Frequent Urinary Tract Infections
Urinary tract infections, also known as bladder infections, are a common condition that causes symptoms like pain or burning when urinating, urgency, cramping, and incontinence—a loss of bladder control. Women are more prone to experiencing them, but they can affect men as well.
Typically, they are caused by a bacterial infection. But if they occur frequently, and the symptoms primarily include urgency and incontinence, it may be a sign that there’s cancer in the colon, which has grown to the point of putting pressure on organs that closely surround it—including the bladder.