SINGAPORE – A man in his 20s lived with constipation for six months before seeing his doctor. It turned out he had a large polyp in his intestine that required surgical intervention.
This anecdote shared by Dr Shi Hong Kai, a general practitioner at DTAP clinic, is not unusual.
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