What abnormal stools may appear in bowel cancer?
Xiao Li is 27 years old and suffers from constipation. On average, it takes three to four days to pass a bowel movement. Sometimes, because of difficulty in bowel movements, he needs to use Kaisailu to pass it . Not only was it longer, but it also occasionally had blood , which frightened her and rushed to the hospital for treatment.
After the doctor's diagnosis, he suggested Xiao Li to do a painless gastroenteroscopy to see if it was a gastrointestinal tumor. Xiao Li almost turned pale when he heard the tumor. The doctor hurriedly explained that it was just a simple investigation, because there are many young people suffering from bowel cancer now, and this reason must be ruled out.
After examination, a tumor was found in Xiao Li's rectum, but the good news is that it was found in time, and there is a 70% certainty that it can be treated by surgery.
Why is the incidence of bowel cancer getting higher and younger now? What are the reasons?
- Why are there more and more patients with bowel cancer? What is the "bane"?
1. Sugar-sweetened beverages
The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has been increasing globally in recent years, and there is also evidence that high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages can lead to obesity, while increasing the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. An estimated 184,000 deaths globally each year can be attributed to sugar-sweetened beverages.
Studies have shown that women who drink sugar-sweetened beverages every day during adolescence, from the age of 13 to 18, have a 32% increased risk of colorectal cancer before the age of 50.
Therefore , it is a fact that sugar-sweetened beverages increase the risk of colorectal cancer . From a health perspective, we should control our daily sugar intake and try to quit sugar-sweetened beverages.
2. High-fat diet
Colorectal cancer is not a disease that evolves gradually. For example, most of them are transformed from colon inflammation and polyps, and dietary factors account for a large proportion of this process, which is why more and more young people are Get bowel cancer.
Studies have shown that men respond poorly to high-fat diets, and that prolonged high-fat diets increase inflammation and cell proliferation , thereby increasing the risk of rectal cancer.
3. Overweight and obesity
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world. Initially, it was more common in the elderly. However, due to social and lifestyle changes, colorectal cancer patients are getting younger and younger.
Obesity is one of the important risk factors for colorectal cancer , which has been the consensus of various experts and professors. Recently, a team from the German Cancer Research Center published a study in the journal Gastroenterology, confirming that obesity in early adulthood is closely related to an increased risk of early- onset colorectal cancer, and calls on everyone to lose weight to prevent early-onset colorectal cancer, starting from the age of 20.
Therefore, with the rejuvenation of colorectal cancer, for young obese people, it is necessary to increase the weight loss schedule, and at the same time do a good job of early screening, early detection and early treatment of colorectal cancer.
4. Sedentary
New research shows that people who are sedentary are more likely to develop cancer, including colorectal cancer, because sitting for a long time can lead to the accumulation of body fat, which increases the risk of colorectal cancer.
At the same time, being sedentary also increases the risk of death in cancer patients. A Swedish research team has shown that exercise can improve the activity of the immune system and make anti-tumor cells more effective.
5. Take antibiotics
Recently, studies have shown that the use of antibiotics increases the risk of rectal cancer, but the effect on rectal cancer is lower, and this risk is affected to some extent by the type and type of drug.
The researchers said that the use of antibiotics must be used under the guidance of a doctor, and do not take any medicine casually if there is a little inflammation. Not only may not have a small anti-inflammatory effect, but it may also cause bowel cancer, and it also shows the importance of Meiji medication.
- There are three kinds of abnormalities in the stool, beware of colon cancer!
1. Abnormal bowel movements
After cancer cells appear in the intestine, the cancer cells rapidly stimulate and accelerate their reproduction, and the intestinal mucosa is damaged, resulting in abnormal defecation frequency.
For example, a person who usually defecates once a day may become defecation once in several days, or defecate several times a day. Of course, this situation may occur because of changes in your usual eating habits, but if you do not change your eating habits or return to normal eating habits and still have this phenomenon, you should be alert to whether there is an abnormality in the intestines.
2. Changes in the shape of the stool (for example, the stool becomes thinner and thinner)
After the intestinal mucosa is invaded by cancer cells, it will also change the characteristics of human stool.
Due to the proliferation of cancer cells in the rectum, it is easy for patients to experience tenesmus, and some patients may block the rectum due to too many cancer cells, making the discharged stools become thinner and thinner, and even some Patients will experience stubborn constipation, unable to expel stool from the body for a long time, resulting in abdominal distension, abdominal pain and other symptoms .
3. Abnormal color or blood in the stool
The stool of a healthy person should be yellow or dark yellow. If you eat foods containing more iron, the color of the stool will also be black. If a large number of cancer cells invade the intestinal mucosa, the intestinal mucosa will be damaged, which can easily cause bleeding.
If the bleeding location is in the large intestine and the bleeding time is relatively long, the patient is also likely to expel black stool ; if the bleeding location is in the rectum, the bleeding time is relatively short, and the patient may expel blood-colored stool.