What is the difference between rectal cancer and hemorrhoids

Update Date: 2022-11-02 Source: Network

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If you tell the doctor what disease is your stool bleeding and difficult defecation, the doctor is likely to directly diagnose as hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids will not kill people, but don't take it lightly. The symptoms of rectal cancer are very similar to hemorrhoids, which is why the misdiagnosis rate of rectal cancer has been high. What is the difference between hemorrhoids and rectal cancer? Are there any skills in daily life to separate hemorrhoids and rectal cancer?

What is the difference between rectal cancer and hemorrhoids

Although the pathological symptoms of rectal cancer and hemorrhoids are very similar to each other to a great extent, experts point out that as long as they are familiar with the differences between the two, they can be distinguished

First, the color of hematochezia: the color of hematochezia caused by hemorrhoids is bright red, the stool paper is sticky with blood, or when defecating (before defecation, during defecation, after defecation) drops blood, spurts blood; because the bleeding of intestinal tumor is mainly caused by stool friction, so most of them stick to the surface of stool, or mix in stool, the blood color is dark red, and contains mucus, showing mucus like bloody stool, sometimes only for the surface of stool sticky blood, but hematochezia phenomenon It doesn't have to happen every time.

Stool shape: the shape of stool excluded by rectal cancer patients will change, and it is easy to have poor stool, while the shape of stool discharged by hemorrhoids patients will not change.

matters needing attention

Although the author makes a general difference between hemorrhoids and rectal cancer, it is still suggested that those who cannot distinguish between hemorrhoids and intestinal cancer should go to the hospital for digital rectal examination or colonoscopy for early diagnosis, so as not to miss the best opportunity for treatment. Especially those friends who have family history should be checked regularly so as to find out the disease as soon as possible.