What are the symptoms of advanced colon cancer

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My aunt had colon cancer before, but she didn't receive timely treatment. Now she is in advanced stage. She often feels bloated, indigestion, edema, ascites and so on. Let me tell you the symptoms of advanced colon cancer.

What are the symptoms of advanced colon cancer

First: mid-term symptoms of colon cancer: abdominal distension, discomfort and dyspepsia may occur at the earliest stage, and then there will be changes in defecation habits, such as increased stool times, diarrhea or constipation, and abdominal pain before defecation. Later, there will be mucinous stool or mucopurulent bloody stool. Poisoning symptoms: due to tumor ulceration, blood loss and toxin absorption, it can often lead to anemia, low fever, fatigue, emaciation, edema and other manifestations, especially anemia and emaciation. 　　

Second: intestinal obstruction: symptoms of incomplete or complete low intestinal obstruction, such as abdominal distension, abdominal pain (distending pain or colic), constipation or constipation. Physical examination showed abdominal bulge, intestinal type, local tenderness, and strong bowel sounds. Abdominal mass: it is a tumor or a mass infiltrated and bonded with omentum and surrounding tissues. It is hard and irregular in shape. Some of them may have a certain degree of activity with the intestinal tract. In the late stage, the tumor is more infiltrated and the mass can be fixed. 　

Third: late stage: jaundice, ascites, edema and other signs of liver metastasis, as well as cachexia, rectal fovea mass, supraclavicular lymph node enlargement and other manifestations of distant metastasis.

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Patients with advanced colon cancer will feel abdominal distension, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, constipation, and sometimes hematochezia. In severe cases, edema and ascites will appear. It is recommended that patients receive treatment as soon as possible. Control the disease and prolong the life span.