Colorectal cancer can also cause changes in bowel habits.

Colorectal cancer can also cause changes in bowel habits, and the color and state of the stool will also change to a certain extent. Do you know what the symptoms of colorectal cancer are? This is also a question that people often ask. Let the experts explain it to you in detail.

The main symptoms of rectal cancer are as follows:

1. Changes in bowel habits:

Due to the mass and its secretions, the symptoms of rectal cancer can cause intestinal irritation, frequent bowel movements, a feeling of no bowel movement, tenesmus, etc., but the discharge is mostly mucus, pus and blood. Initially, these "false diarrhea" phenomena often occur shortly after getting up in the morning, which is called morning diarrhea. Later, the frequency gradually increases, and even the patient cannot fall asleep at night, which changes the previous bowel habits.

2. Blood in the stool:

This is the most common symptom of rectal cancer, but it is often ignored by patients or misdiagnosed as hemorrhoids, which delays treatment and worsens the condition. Blood in the stool is mostly red or dark red, mixed with mucus and blood in the stool, or pus and blood in the stool, sometimes accompanied by blood clots and necrotic tissue.

3. Intestinal stenosis and obstruction:

The tumor infiltrates around the intestinal wall, narrowing the intestinal cavity, especially at the junction of the rectum and sigmoid colon. The symptoms of rectal cancer are mostly stricture-type hard cancer, which can easily lead to obstruction. Rectal ampulla cancer is mostly ulcerative, with a wider ampulla, thinner stools, difficulty in defecation, constipation, abdominal discomfort, bloating and pain.

The above is the explanation given by experts on the symptoms of rectal cancer. I hope it can help you answer your questions. Experts remind that if you cannot distinguish the type of disease, the best way is to go to the hospital for examination. Do not take medicine at random according to your own will, which will worsen the condition or cause other diseases.