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Preface
John is a successful businessman with a thriving career and a happy family.
However, in recent months, he has been experiencing abdominal distension and pain, and his stools are often abnormal.
At first he thought it was just a normal indigestion and didn't pay much attention to it.
Until one day, when he untied his hand, he was shocked to find a dark red object floating in the toilet.
Looking at this disturbing scene, John couldn't help but shiver.
He immediately calls his friend Pony, who is a veteran doctor.
John anxiously describes his symptoms, and Pony looks grim and asks John to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
After hanging up, John's mind was full of apprehension, and all kinds of terrible speculations swirled in his head......
Early the next morning, John arrived at the hospital. In the waiting room, he noticed a woman in her early thirties sitting in a corner, her hands clutched around her stomach, pale and in pain.
John couldn't help but sympathize with her, was she also bothered by gastrointestinal problems like himself?
At this moment, an old man with white hair was pushed in by a nurse in a wheelchair. He had a ruddy complexion and a simple and honest expression, as if he had just come for a routine check-up.
Soon, the nurse called John's name. In the office, John truthfully reported his symptoms to the doctor.
The doctor nodded, with a serious expression: "According to your description, we need further tests to rule out serious diseases."
As she spoke, she issued a checklist.
After all the tests, John waited anxiously for the results. A few days later, the doctor called him over.
"Mr. John, you have colon cancer." The bad news exploded in John's head like thunder. His vision began to blur, and it seemed as if the whole world was spinning.......
The doctor saw his horror and hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry too much, there is a high cure rate in this situation."
However, we need to start treatment as soon as possible. She took out John's stool test report, pointed to some of the images on it and said, "Look, the dark red substance here is the blood in your stool."
This is often a common symptom of colon cancer. "
It turned out that the horrible dark red object in John's stool turned out to be a precursor to cancer! The doctor further explained that the early symptoms of colon cancer tend to be:
1. Bloody stool - Blood in the stool or dark red stool due to the tumour eroding the intestinal mucosa. In this case, there may also be mucus or pus and blood in the stool.
2. Changed bowel habits - such as long-term constipation or diarrhoea, with significant changes in bowel habits.
3. Intestinal obstruction - The tumor enlarges and blocks the intestines, resulting in symptoms such as bloating and sluggishness.
The doctor solemnly told John that the morphology of the stool is crucial for the early detection of colon cancer.
However, the good news is that as long as it is treated early, the 5-year survival rate of colon cancer can be as high as more than 90%.
John actively cooperated with the treatment according to the doctor's instructions and soon entered the recovery period.
He often reflects on the fact that if he hadn't detected those stool abnormalities in time, the disease might have been overlooked. Whenever he thought of this, he thanked Heaven for his mercy.
From then on, John began to pay more attention to physical health. He changed his sedentary lifestyle and insisted on running every day; At the table, he also tries to choose foods rich in dietary fiber, such as whole wheat bread, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Occasionally, he would turn on his computer and study the health signals of the different forms and colors of his stool.
In short, John came back from the moment of life and death, and he cherished everything now even more.
For him, the terrible cancer journey was a slap in the face and a lifetime to remember.
He hopes that through his own personal experience, more people can be reminded to pay attention to their health and learn to detect the signs of disease in their stool.
After all, no one can predict that maybe one day, your poop will save your life!
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(The story in the article is purely fictional, if there is any similarity is purely coincidental, if the body is not well, seek medical help in time)