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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Louise Lazell & Kate Lally

Mum discovered cancer after buying £39 test she saw on Facebook

A young mum who was told she was experiencing constipation due to her pregnancy was later diagnosed with cancer and said a cheap screening test kit saved her life.

Emma Campbell was pregnant with her youngest child when she felt two sharp spasms like contractions in early 2019. She was told it was pregnancy constipation.

But when the pain didn’t ease off in the months following her pregnancy, Emma decided to purchase a £39 bowel screening test she’d seen on Facebook.

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