Lao Huang, who lives in Guangdong, always poops several times a day, and his friends laugh at him when they know about it, saying that he is a "rectum" and can't store anything in his stomach. Lao Huang didn't take it seriously, he just felt that he was "fast metabolism".
Over time, Lao Huang accepted the fact that he was "rectum" and didn't take it to heart. It wasn't until later that he discovered that he had multiple polyps in his intestine during a physical examination. Since the polyp is not large and will not affect his life for the time being, he did not think of removing it, but the doctor still told him to have regular check-ups.
Later, because his son was going to get married, Lao Huang was so busy that he forgot about it. It wasn't until my son got married that he didn't think to get up to check it. Two years passed, until one day when he went to the toilet and found that his stool was mixed with blood, which frightened him, so he rushed to the hospital for a check-up. This examination was terrible, and the polyp had developed into a tumor.
Lao Huang regretted it a lot, regretted that he forgot the doctor's advice, he should go for a regular physical examination, if he had listened to the doctor, it would not have developed into what it is today.
These 4 types of intestinal polyps should be paid attention to, and they may become cancerous
After polyps grow in the intestines, our body generally does not have obvious symptoms, and the vast majority of people are accidentally found during routine medical checkups.
Since most intestinal polyps are benign, this also leads to people often being negligent and inappropriate about them, but they do not know that the following 4 types of intestinal polyps can become cancerous.
(1) More than 2cm
As a precancerous lesion recognized by the medical community, adenomatous intestinal polyps have a high risk of cancer, and the risk of such polyps becoming cancerous is often proportional to their size. The probability of cancer is 1-3% when the polyp is 1cm, 20% when it is 1-2cm, and 50% when it is more than 2cm.
(2) Hereditary polyps
If it is a hereditary polyp, the risk of becoming cancerous is much higher than that of a regular polyp.
(3) Multiple polyps appear at the same time
If there are multiple polyps in the intestine at the same time, the higher the number of polyps, the higher the chance of becoming cancerous.
(4) Polyps on the intestinal wall
Polyps on the intestinal wall are more difficult to detect and more likely to be missed than regular polyps, so they are at higher risk of becoming cancerous. Many data show that once a flat polyp exceeds 1cm, even if it is benign, there is a high probability that it will develop into advanced colorectal cancer in about 3 years.
When polyps appear in the intestines, there are 3 prompts when you go to the toilet
(1) Blood in the stool
Because there are many small blood vessels on the surface of intestinal polyps, these blood vessels can easily rupture, so when there are polyps in the intestine, blood in the stool is easy to appear.
If the bleeding is small, the stool will usually be dark red or pink; If there is a lot of bleeding, the stool may be bright red. Of course, some other intestinal diseases such as hemorrhoids, enteritis, and ulcerative colitis can cause blood in the stool. No matter what the reason is, as long as you find blood in your stool, you should go to the hospital for examination in time and do not delay.
(2) Changes in stool consistency
If you find that the stool that was originally coarse suddenly becomes thinner, or even thinner, you should pay attention to it. Because when the polyps or tumors in the intestine slowly grow larger, the way out of the stool will be blocked, and the stool can only be compressed and become thinner.
(3) Change in bowel habits
This refers to the fact that the frequency of bowel movements is normal and regular, but constipation suddenly occurs and lasts for a long time; or sudden onset of diarrhea, or constipation and diarrhea alternately. In short, as long as the originally normal stool suddenly becomes abnormal, and there is no obvious trigger, and it lasts for a long time, it should be taken seriously.
If intestinal polyps are found in the physical examination, should they be cut or not?
We now stand in God's perspective and feel that intestinal polyps should be cut as soon as they are detected. But clinically, I have seen many people who are the opposite, after they are found to have intestinal polyps, they either feel that it doesn't matter, or they are not in a hurry to cut it, or they want to have regular check-ups before making plans and forget about it...
In fact, regardless of the type of polyp, it is recommended to remove it as soon as possible. Even if it is a benign polyp, under long-term continuous stimulation, there is a certain risk of malignant transformation, and none of us can afford to gamble.
Moreover, now that medical technology is very developed, when we do colonoscopy, we can directly cut off most of the polyps by the way, and there is no need for re-operation, which will not be so troublesome.
After resection, the pathological examination should be completed to determine whether the polyp is benign or malignant, and if it is malignant, further treatment and treatment are required.