5 signs to help you detect colorectal cancer early
Frequent digestive disorders, straining when defecating, sometimes accompanied by blood and mucus, taking antibiotics for a long time without improvement... are some of the early signs of suspected colorectal cancer.
Below are some signs to help you recognize colorectal cancer as recommended by Associate Professor, Doctor Hoang Cong Dac.
1. Long lasting constipation
Colorectal cancer manifests itself in any disorder of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
Bad breath, belching, heartburn, esophageal stricture behind the sternum.
The colon is where feces are stored and excreted during digestion, so in the early stages, people with colon cancer often have bowel disorders and stool excretion disorders such as constipation, irregular bowel movements, sometimes constipation, sometimes loose bowel movements, or prolonged periods of loose bowel movements, or prolonged periods of constipation.
According to Associate Professor, Doctor Hoang Cong Dac, having prolonged digestive disorders, straining when going to the toilet, sometimes constipation, sometimes loose stools, sometimes accompanied by blood and mucus, taking antibiotics for a long time without getting better... Don't think it's a trivial matter.
 |
| Image of colon polyps. |
 |
2. Straining when defecating
Cramping pain, urge to strain, discomfort when defecating, nosebleeds, mucus-filled stools with blood in the nose, loose stools, rice-leaf-shaped stools (because the stool has to pass through the tumor), still wanting to strain after defecating.
3. Taking antibiotics does not help
People with colorectal cancer have digestive disorders, going to the toilet many times a day, very similar to the symptoms of dysentery. However, this symptom is different from dysentery in that: When having dysentery, the patient will be cured by taking special antibiotics, but when having colorectal cancer, taking antibiotics will not cure the diarrhea.
4. Bloody stools
Noteworthy for people who often have bloody stools. There are 2 types of bloody stools that need to be distinguished. Bloody stools due to hemorrhoids: Fresh blood appears immediately after defecation. This blood looks like blood from a cut chicken covering the stool.
When you have blood mixed with mucus in your stool, think of colon cancer. Because the blood flowing in the mucosa of the cancerous area can be inflamed and secrete mucus.
5. Abdominal pain, weight loss
Late signs include: intermittent abdominal pain, weight loss as the cancer progresses. When cancer is late, some people can feel a tumor under the skin of the abdomen. Jaundice, gradually enlarging abdomen…
Need anal examination In fact, detecting colorectal cancer during examination is not difficult. Doctors only need to examine by hand, without the need for enema or endoscopy to be able to conclude the disease. When thinking about colorectal cancer, the doctor needs to wear gloves to insert into the anus to examine. If it is low rectal cancer, blood will be seen on the hand. If colorectal cancer is detected early, the patient will have surgery to remove the tumor, along with chemotherapy and radiotherapy according to the doctor's regimen. According to a recent study in Vietnam, if detected early and both chemotherapy and radiotherapy are applied before surgery, the rate of patients with the disease recurring in the first year is only 11%. Many patients have lived healthy lives for more than 20 years after the disease was detected, and are now over 80 years old. |
According to Dantri
| RELATED NEWS |
|---|
