Although the term "cancer" is now commonplace, due to medical limitations, some cancers still cannot be overcome!
Colorectal cancer, which is closely related to our digestive tract, you must have heard of it.
Colorectal cancer is mostly a malignant tumor that originates in the epithelium of the colorectal mucosa, and in the early stages of colorectal cancer, patients usually have no obvious symptoms of discomfort.
With the aggravation of the disease, patients will have symptoms such as blood in the stool, abdominal pain, etc., and need to make a diagnosis as soon as possible and give corresponding treatment measures in time, which can improve the survival rate of patients.
So what factors are involved in the occurrence of colorectal cancer?
1. High-fat eating habits
Regular consumption of high-fat foods, especially the intake of a large amount of meat, will increase the incidence of colorectal cancer. This is because such foods contain a large number of unsaturated fatty acids and many strong oxidants, and long-term consumption of such foods will induce inflammation of the intestinal mucosa.
In addition, after eating a large amount of such foods, it will also cause the liver to secrete a large amount of bile, which will become secondary bile acids after a series of conversions in the body, bile acids will aggravate the inflammation of the intestine, and will also induce tumors, which will cause conditions for the occurrence of colorectal cancer.
2. Long-term smoking and alcoholism
Long-term smoking is not only associated with the development of lung cancer, but also increases the chances of developing other cancers, including colorectal cancer. According to relevant statistics, people who smoke for a long time have a much higher chance of colorectal cancer than people who do not smoke, and the incidence will decrease after quitting smoking.
The carcinogenic effect of alcohol is well known, which not only induces liver cancer, but also increases the incidence of cancers such as gastrointestinal tumors and bowel cancers. In addition, acetaldehyde produced after alcohol metabolism will also induce polyps, causing lesions of polyps.
3. Inflammatory bowel disease
The occurrence of colorectal tumors has a certain relationship with chronic ulcerative colitis, and the scope of ulcerative colitis, the degree of activity, and the duration of the ulcerative colitis play a decisive factor.
Compared with the incidence of colon tumors in the general population, patients with pancololitis have a 5 to 15-fold increased risk of colon tumors, while colitis limited to the left half of the colon has a 3-fold risk of colon cancer, relatively speaking, simple proctitis or rectal sigmoid colitis did not significantly increase the risk of developing rectal cancer.
Aggressive treatment of inflammatory colitis can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, so we must pay attention to the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the intestine.
4. Genetic factors
About 1% of colorectal cancers are associated with familial adenomatous polyposis, and 2% to 6% of colorectal cancers are associated with hereditary nonposis colorectal cancers.
According to relevant statistics, it is found that after 45 years of age in patients with untreated familial adenomatous polyposis, 90% of patients will develop colorectal cancer, and hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer also has the characteristics of low age of onset, the general age of onset is about 48 years old, and patients will even become ill at about 20 years old.
It can be seen that the occurrence of colorectal cancer is related to these factors, and if you want to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer, you must try to avoid these behaviors.
Usually eat less high-fat foods, eat more fiber-rich vegetables and fruits, quit smoking and alcohol, and when suffering from related intestinal diseases, be sure to give corresponding treatment measures in time.
For high-risk groups, regular colorectal health examinations should be carried out, so that colonic problems can be detected early, and corresponding treatment can be given as soon as possible, which can avoid more serious colorectal diseases.