According to the data, more than 900,000 new bowel cancer patients are added worldwide every year, ranking third after lung cancer and stomach cancer.
In recent years, with the growth of social economy and the increase of population aging, the incidence and mortality of bowel cancer have gradually increased, and men are higher than women.
At the same time, bowel cancer patients show a trend of rejuvenation, which may be related to the lifestyle and eating habits of young people.
A 54-year-old middle-aged man with long-term constipation, but the results of a check are bowel cancer?
According to media reports: Mr. Zhang from Beijing, 54 years old, usually engaged in individual catering, like to eat meat, etc., the family has no related cancer history or tumor history, so constipation for more than a year does not care.
However, recently under the persuasion of his family, Mr. Zhang went to the lower bowel cancer screening, the results showed positive, and then diagnosed with rectal cancer after colonoscopy, and the medical record showed that it was adenocarcinoma of the middle differentiation.
Fortunately, Mr. Zhang's bowel cancer is still in the early stages, only a primary lesion, and no distant metastases have been found.
However, doctors remind that obesity is closely related to bowel cancer, and for every 5% increase in body mass index, the risk of bowel cancer increases.
Therefore, in daily life, in order to prevent bowel cancer, in addition to the need for scientific and healthy diet, but also need to exercise more, so that the body mass index is maintained at a healthy level.
In addition to weight control, preventing bowel cancer also requires these things:
First, drink more water and eat more high-fiber foods
Drinking water can replenish the water in the blood, reduce the viscosity of the blood, thereby accelerating metabolism and increasing the effect of defecation.
In addition, drinking water can also reduce the hardness of feces and avoid the situation of constipation caused by drinking less water. Foods with high fiber can increase the peristalsis of the intestines after entering the intestines and defecate in time.
High-fiber foods can increase the humidity and volume of feces, which is more conducive to defecation.
Second, exercise appropriately every day and maintain regular work and rest
Studies have shown that people who go to bed early are conducive to developing good bowel habits, and can also increase intestinal immunity, and going to bed early can be highly likely to prevent bowel cancer and various cancers.
Exercise can increase gastrointestinal motility, reduce stool accumulation and prevent constipation.
For sedentary office workers to go for a walk after meals every day, you can avoid many intestinal problems caused by sitting, such as polyps, hemorrhoids, constipation and so on.
Third, do colonoscopy regularly
Intestinal examination has a great role in detecting early bowel cancer.
Bowel cancer is detected at an early stage and is treated with resection in time, and the cure rate is very high.
According to the data, if it can be found in time, the treatment effect of early colorectal cancer is very good, and the 5-year survival rate can reach 90%, while the survival rate of advanced bowel cancer is less than 20%.
In addition, in addition to being able to detect early bowel cancer, colonoscopy can also find whether there are polyps in the intestine in time, and if there are cancerous lesions in the polyps, they can also be removed in time to prevent problems before they occur.
At the same time, for patients with some inflammatory or ulcerative diseases, it is also necessary to actively treat to avoid worsening the disease, thereby increasing the risk of cancer.
Who is best suited for colonoscopy?
For colonoscopy, this kind of examination varies according to age and how often it is done every other time depending on the patient's personal situation.
If you are 50-75 years old, or if your parents, siblings, children and other first-degree relatives have colon cancer, as well as blood in the stool, abdominal pain, changes in stool habits, etc., then you need to perform a colonoscopy as soon as possible.
In addition, patients with colorectal adenoma, a history of bowel cancer, familial epidemic polyposis, and patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease also need to undergo a colonoscopy as soon as possible.
When encountering such friends, if the first colonoscopy has not found abnormalities, then it is recommended to check the colonoscopy every 3-5 years, and if there is an abnormality, it is necessary to follow the doctor's instructions for further treatment.
For ordinary people, it is generally recommended that after the age of 50, it is necessary to have a fecal occult blood examination every year, and a colonoscopy every 10 years.