Which is the abnormal phenomenon, defecating twice a day or defecating once every two or three days? don't be confused
People eat every day. They also need to absorb nutrients from food every day and excrete excess products through the body's metabolism. After this process, the last resort is to have a bowel movement. In particular, stool is a concern for many people. For the vast majority of people, they have a bowel movement almost every day.
However, there are also special cases, or a small number of people have different metabolic times, such as defecating three times a day, or defecating once every two or three days. Some even worry that one of these phenomena is a sign of bowel cancer. Is this worry unnecessary?
There is nothing wrong with caring about your physical health. In addition, according to world statistics, there are more than 900,000 new cases of bowel cancer each year worldwide, ranking third, that is, gastric cancer only following lung cancer and gastric cancer.
As for the frequency of defecation that everyone is worried about, whether it is three times a day, twice, once, or once every two or three days, it is not the gold standard for judging bowel cancer. Moreover, it cannot be used as a basis for diagnosing bowel cancer, and everyone must be clear about this.
At the same time, if you only have this phenomenon occasionally, don’t worry, it may be due to the influence of living environment, diet, emotion, etc., and it may be physiological factors, which have nothing to do with pathological factors.
Be wary of truly outlier behavior:
Abnormal stool: Because each person’s situation is different, the symptoms of suspected bowel cancer include long-term diarrhea, long-term constipation, or the two phenomena alternately. Be alert to bowel cancer and go to the hospital for relevant examinations in time.
Obvious abdominal pain: Many people think that abdominal pain is a signal of gastrointestinal disease, and some people think that as long as you bear it, it will pass. But in fact, it's not. If you often have abdominal pain, and often not sure where the pain is, sometimes there will be dull pain. Sometimes it is abdominal distension and discomfort.
As time goes by, the condition gradually worsens. To be on the safe side, you need to go to the hospital for an examination to avoid regrets in the end.
- General discomfort: Based on the above two symptoms, there are other manifestations in the body, such as general fatigue, weight loss, pale complexion, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, etc. It is likely that the disease is aggravated, and the general discomfort caused by cancer cell invasion should be careful.
In terms of corresponding prevention, the etiology of bowel cancer comes from environmental factors. For example, in terms of diet, people eat high-fat food and high-protein meat for a long time, coupled with insufficient intake of other foods such as fresh vegetables and fruits, and bad living habits, such as smoking, drinking, etc., are not conducive to gastrointestinal health , not an effective way to prevent bowel cancer;
From the perspective of genetics, genetics is also an important factor in related diseases. If you have this kind of hidden danger, you should pay more attention to your living habits.