What are the symptoms of rectal cancer?

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Rectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors. It often occurs in the elderly, and its symptoms are not obvious. It is often ignored until the middle and late stage, so the best time for treatment is missed. So it is very important to understand the symptoms of rectal cancer. What are the symptoms of rectal cancer? Now let's take a look.

What are the symptoms of rectal cancer?

1、 Hematochezia may appear when rectal tumor grows to a certain extent. A small amount of bleeding is not easy to find by naked eyes, but a large number of red blood cells can be found by microscopic examination of feces. The so-called fecal occult blood test is positive. When there is a large amount of bleeding, the stool can be bloody, and the blood color is bright red or dark red.

2、 When the surface of cancer ulcers, ulcers, tumor necrosis infection, can appear pus, mucus bloody stool, this is the symptoms of rectal tumor. Patients may have varying degrees of feces, anal drop feeling, sometimes diarrhea.

3、 When the rectal tumor leads to intestinal stenosis, the symptoms of rectal tumor can appear different degrees of intestinal obstruction symptoms (abdominal pain, abdominal distension, difficult defecation), abdominal pain before defecation, bowel sounds, and relieve symptoms after defecation.

matters needing attention

Rectal cancer is the best time to cure in the early stage of the disease, so if there is hematochezia and abnormal stool in life, it is not a dream to go to the hospital for detailed examination, especially for the middle-aged and elderly people, find out as soon as possible, treat as soon as possible, fight cancer positively and optimistically, prolong life and even cure.