The most important early symptoms of colorectal cancer

Cancer is a common disease in life. I believe that colorectal cancer is a disease that most people should know about. It is also a good thing to know more about the early symptoms of colorectal cancer . Let's learn more about it from the following article.

1. The early symptoms of colorectal cancer are mainly blood in the stool and changes in bowel habits. When the colorectal cancer is confined to the rectal mucosa, blood in the stool is the only early symptom in 85% of cases. Unfortunately, it is often not taken seriously by colorectal cancer patients. During the rectal examination, a mass can often be felt. In addition to the common systemic symptoms such as loss of appetite, weight loss, and anemia, patients with mid- and late-stage colorectal cancer also have symptoms of local irritation of the cancer such as increased bowel movements, incomplete bowel movements, frequent urge to defecate, and tenesmus.

2. In the late stage, colorectal cancer often invades surrounding tissues and organs, such as the bladder and prostate, causing frequent urination, urgency and difficulty urinating. It invades the presacral nerve plexus, causing sacral and lumbar pain. The early symptoms of colorectal cancer can also metastasize to the liver, causing hepatomegaly, ascites, jaundice, and even cachexia.

3. Intestinal cancer is easily misdiagnosed. When the early symptoms of intestinal cancer include increased frequency of bowel movements and mucus, pus and blood in the stool, it is easy to misdiagnose it as dysentery, enteritis or hemorrhoids, thus losing the opportunity to remove intestinal cancer through early radical treatment.

In summary, what I have described above is the description of the early symptoms of colorectal cancer. I believe it can help everyone understand the knowledge of colorectal cancer and cure colorectal cancer in time. If you have other questions about colorectal cancer, you can contact our online experts to answer your questions.