Speaking of blood in the stool, I wonder what you think of?
You might think it's related to hemorrhoids, and while blood in the stool is a typical symptom of hemorrhoids, it may also be linked to a more dangerous and terrible disease — bowel cancer.
"The source of all diseases begins in the intestine." The mainland is a big country for bowel cancer, with 380,000 people being checked out and 190,000 dying from it every year.
According to statistics, more than 80% of clinical bowel cancer is mistaken for hemorrhoids in the early stage, so miss the best treatment time and regret it!
Why is bowel cancer so difficult to detect?
The incidence of bowel cancer has soared in the past 10 years, increasing by 97.15%. It is generally believed that a high animal protein, high fat, low fiber diet is a factor in the high incidence of bowel cancer.
With the improvement of living conditions, more and more people from solving food and clothing to excessive diet, and people (especially young people) eat out frequently, love to eat red meat (pigs, cattle, mutton), vegetables and fruits intake is insufficient, easy to be targeted by colon cancer.
Bowel cancer is very "cunning", and there are not too many typical symptoms in the early stages, which are often ignored; in the late stages, due to the deterioration of the disease, there will be clinical manifestations.
In addition, the colon has almost no pain nerves, resulting in nearly 80% of patients who are found to be advanced, and the 5-year survival rate is only 5% to 40%, which is a world of difference compared with the 95% survival rate of early bowel cancer.
Therefore, early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment are extremely important.
If you find abnormal stool, you should seek medical treatment in time
Don't ignore the stool, it not only reflects your gut problems, but also affects the health of the whole body.
When bowel cancer comes, the following abnormalities will occur on the toilet, even if one appears, it must be checked in time.
1. Blood in the stool + black stool
When a normal person defecates, most of the stool is yellow-brown.
People with bowel cancer, in the process of defecation, will be squeezed by feces, causing intestinal polyps to break, plus some substances are absorbed or oxidized due to iron ions in the blood, there will be blood in the stool, and its feces are black.
Many people think that it is a hemorrhoid problem, and it is silly to distinguish the difference between the two:
Blood in the stool for hemorrhoids:
Blood in the stool that appears in hemorrhoids, mostly when defecating vigorously, is bright red in color, and is usually attached to the surface of the stool, or drops blood after stool.
Blood in the stool for bowel cancer:
Bowel cancer, on the other hand, bleeds "actively", mixed in the stool, with a dark red or black color. Since the intestinal mucosa is destroyed, more mucous membranes are produced during defecation.
2. Changes in stool traits
Changes in stool traits, such as the original form, are now mucus, thin strips, fixed indentations, etc.
3. Constipation or alternating with diarrhea
Constipation often occurs, and you should be wary of bowel cancer. The volume of intestinal polyps becomes larger, which may cause intestinal infarction and prevent fecal discharge, and people are prone to constipation.
At the same time, people with constipation should pay attention to whether diarrhea alternates. As soon as the bowel function decreases, diarrhea occurs.
4. Irregular defecation
Bowel movements become more and more irregular, there is an increase in the number of bowel movements, inexhaustible defecation; the number of farts suddenly increases, fart odor; there will be paroxysmal abdominal pain in the early stage, and the abdomen may touch the mass in the late stage, and the intestinal shape can be seen.
These can all be signals of bowel cancer, once found, be sure to pay attention!
Source: Doctor's Office