If there are 3 signs in the stool, it indicates that colon cancer may be developing, and a colonoscopy should be done in time.
With the popularity of electronic products, more and more people are accustomed to inquiring online to see what problems they may have after they have symptoms of disease. And when you see a disease related to "cancer", you will feel fear from the bottom of your heart.
Yes, cancer is a disease that everyone talks about, not only because of the huge cost of cancer treatment, but also because the cure rate of cancer is not high.
Many cancer patients are in the middle and late stages when they discover the disease, and even have lost the chance of surgery. They can only control the disease through conservative radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Even after treatment, the survival rate of advanced cancer is quite low!
Currently, the most common types of cancer in China are those of internal organs, such as lung cancer, liver cancer, and digestive tract cancer. Among the digestive tract cancers, the more common one is colorectal cancer. Whether it is male or female, the incidence of colorectal cancer occupies the top five!
And because its early symptoms are similar to common anorectal diseases, it is easy to be ignored by patients!
Colorectal cancer was a disease that was easy to appear in the elderly in the past, but in recent years, colorectal cancer has gradually shown a younger trend, and cases of cancer in young and middle-aged people are not uncommon in clinical practice.
Especially for people with a family history of intestinal cancer and adenomatous polyps, the risk of colorectal cancer is relatively higher.
If you suddenly have the following three changes in your stool recently, beware of the signs of bowel cancer:
- How to "lose weight"?
The gut's job is to absorb nutrients and expel debris and waste. Since the intestinal lumen is a cylindrical lumen, the shape of the discharged stool is mainly cylindrical and vertically descending.
If there are problems such as acute intestinal disease, eating disorders, etc., the shape of the stool will also change temporarily. For example, watery stool is a common situation;
However, if the shape of the stool has changed recently, it is not as "thick" as before, but instead thin strips, flat strips of stool, or dents, blood, etc. appear on one side of the stool, which may be abnormal in the intestines placeholder performance.
When cancer cells form a tumor, they can be squeezed as they pass through, causing an abnormal change in shape.
- Why did the poo become "red"?
Many bowel cancer patients first think of common perianal diseases, such as anal fissures and hemorrhoids, after they have blood in the stool.
But in fact, there is a clear difference between hematochezia and hemorrhoids in colorectal cancer. The patient not only has no special pain in the process of blood in the stool, but also the stool is often mixed with blood. In the early stage, due to the small amount of bleeding, it is difficult to detect with the naked eye. During routine stool examination, fecal occult blood may be positive;
As the disease progresses, the patient will also have mucus-like, pus-like bloody stools, accompanied by an abnormal fishy smell. Some colorectal cancers that have developed to an advanced stage have no fecal discharge, but instead directly have blood in the stool. With the aggravation of blood loss, patients with different degrees of anemia will appear in the later stage.
- Why is it getting harder and harder to pass stool?
If the patient has rectal cancer, especially low rectal cancer, in the early stage of the development of the cancer, the defecation receptors and anal sphincter can be stimulated, and the patient may have tenesmus symptoms. It happens that the bowel movement is not smooth, and sometimes there is only a sense of bowel movement, but there is no bowel movement;
In advanced colon cancer and high rectal cancer, patients may also experience intestinal obstruction symptoms, which is a symptom similar to constipation. Many patients are diagnosed with rectal cancer after they have symptoms of intestinal obstruction.
The above three symptoms may all be the signal sent by colon cancer. At present, there are three main ways to screen for bowel cancer: digital rectal examination, stool examination, and colonoscopy. Among them, the most sensitive examination for colon cancer is colonoscopy! After the abnormal tumor is found, the pathological examination should be carried out actively to confirm the nature of the tumor, and then cooperate with the doctor for scientific treatment.