What is rectal cancer

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Uncle's work is quite busy. He often has to go out to socialize. It's hard to avoid eating and drinking. Recently, he feels that his waist is not good, and his stool is still with blood. He went to the hospital and was found to have rectal cancer. Now let me tell you what rectal cancer is.

What is rectal cancer

First: hematochezia: it is mostly blood or dark red blood, which is not mixed with stool. It is the oozing blood after tumor necrosis and falling off to form ulcer surface. Massive bleeding is rare. Mucus may be discharged. Severe infection can have purulent bloody stool, less amount, more stool frequency.

Second: the change of defecation habits: the change of defecation habits caused by intestinal dysfunction caused by the stimulation of intestinal lesions. The main performance is the frequency of defecation, the frequency of defecation is more, from several times to more than ten times a day, many up to dozens of times, the more times, the less fecal juice, in fact, only a small amount of blood and mucus are discharged each time. The degree of defecation is related to the size of the cancer. If there is obvious falling feeling in the anus before defecation, when defecation is urgent and heavy, and there is pain in the lower abdomen, it is in the late stage.

Third: intestinal wall stenosis obstruction symptoms: cancer caused by intestinal stricture, intestinal obstruction or extraintestinal pressure adhesion caused by abdominal distension discomfort, pain, constipation, bowel sounds hyperactivity, late defecation difficulties, fecal thinning, etc. Systemic symptoms: anemia, emaciation, fatigue, edema and other cachexia due to chronic blood loss, poisoning and intestinal obstruction. Ascites, hepatomegaly, jaundice, anemia, emaciation, edema, cachexia, etc.

matters needing attention

Bad eating habits often lead to rectal cancer, when patients with rectal cancer, often appear low back pain, constipation, bloody stool, obvious weight loss, loss of appetite and other symptoms, in addition, there will be some systemic symptoms.