Symptoms of bowel cancer may manifest as local irritation symptoms

The symptoms of colorectal cancer may manifest as local irritation symptoms, which are relatively easy to detect if people are careful. So what are the other symptoms of colorectal cancer ? Let the experts explain it to you in detail. I hope that reading this article will be helpful to you.

The symptoms of bowel cancer mainly include the following:

1. A lump may be felt during digital rectal examination. Patients with advanced rectal cancer may have increased bowel movements, incomplete bowel movements, frequent urge to defecate, tenesmus, and other local irritation symptoms of the cancer.

2. Due to the enlargement of the tumor in the late stage of rectal cancer, the intestinal cavity narrows and intestinal obstruction occurs. When the intestinal cavity is completely blocked, symptoms of intestinal obstruction such as constipation, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain appear.

3. When the advanced cancer further expands, it will invade surrounding tissues and organs, causing patients to have difficulty urinating, frequent urination, and painful urination. When the cancer invades the presacral nerve plexus, sacral and lumbar pain will occur; when it metastasizes to the liver, it will cause liver enlargement, ascites jaundice, and even cachexia and other symptoms of intestinal cancer.

4. Another typical symptom of advanced colorectal cancer is increased intestinal secretions, which is caused by irritation of the intestinal mucosa. A small amount of mucus secretions will be discharged with the stool, and there will be strips of mucus on the surface of the stool. As the tumor continues to develop, the irritation to the rectal mucosa will be greater, and the patient will feel mild discomfort in the rectum, or often have a sense of emptiness. In the late stage of rectal cancer, when the surface of the tumor ulcerates, the stool will be thinner and may be watery and mixed with mucus and blood.

Symptoms of early colorectal cancer include increased frequency of bowel movements, mucus, and blood in the stool, which can easily be misdiagnosed as dysentery, enteritis, etc. In the middle and late stages of colorectal cancer, symptoms may be confused with hemorrhoids, leading to misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis, further progression of the disease, and more prominent symptoms of bloody stools.

The above is the explanation given by experts on the symptoms of colorectal 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.

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