Beware of treating rectal cancer as hemorrhoids

Beware of treating rectal cancer as hemorrhoids

Beware of treating rectal cancer as hemorrhoids.  By mistaken rectal cancer for hemorrhoids, carelessness delayed the best treatment time!

Rectal cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the epithelial part of the rectal mucosa. The incidence rate in recent years is very high, and it is showing an upward trend year by year.

Rectal cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the epithelial part of the rectal mucosa. The incidence rate is very high in recent years, and it is showing an upward trend year by year. Once you are sick, if you fail to treat it early, cancer cells will spread rapidly in a short period of time, seriously threatening the life of the patient.

Therefore, in daily life, once some rectal cancer symptoms are found, they must be treated quickly. However, many patients with rectal cancer will mistakenly think that they have hemorrhoids when they have early symptoms, which leads to the phenomenon that rectal cancer is in the middle and late stages as soon as it is discovered.

Let me introduce the difference between rectal cancer and hemorrhoids. Let’s find out now.

First, The difference between blood in the stool

Blood in the stool is a symptom that can occur with rectal cancer and hemorrhoids. It is also a main reason why most rectal cancer patients mistakenly believe that they have hemorrhoids.

It is worth noting that when suffering from rectal cancer, there will be some blood mixed in the stool of the patient, and some mucus will also appear;

With blood in the stool caused by hemorrhoids, blood usually adheres to the surface of the stool, and after defecation, blood drips from the anus.

In addition, if the stool is bloody due to rectal cancer, the patient will pass black stool. This black stool is caused by a small amount of bleeding from the tumor, which is oxidized and darkened in the intestine. When suffering from hemorrhoids, this phenomenon does not occur.

Second, the difference in symptoms at the anus during defecation

After suffering from rectal cancer, the patient will have a series of discomforts in the anus during defecation. For example, the patient’s anal area will have a particularly obvious feeling of falling or bulging.

And during defecation, the patient will also have a series of symptoms such as some pain and swelling in the abdomen. When suffering from hemorrhoids, the patient does not have any swelling or abdominal pain in the anus during defecation. However, there will be obvious pain in the anus.

Three, the difference in the number of stools

After suffering from rectal cancer, most patients will experience changes in the number of stools. Under the premise of not eating some unclean food or eating more, the number of bowel movements per day will increase a lot, even more than five or six times.

And every time I defecate, I have inexhaustible defecation. After suffering from hemorrhoids, there is no change in the number of bowel movements per day, unless the patient has an unclean diet or the body is cold, the symptoms of bowel changes will appear.

Fourth, the difference between symptoms of perianal discomfort

When suffering from rectal cancer, there was no discomfort around the anus of the patient. Only a few patients will experience some discomfort in the anal area due to excessive bowel movements.

However, this phenomenon will disappear quickly as long as patients do a good job of hygiene in the anal area. After suffering from hemorrhoids, even if the patient does not have a bowel movement, there will be some itching and discomfort in the anus.

There are also hemorrhoids in the anus of the patient, which is a symptom that does not occur with rectal cancer.

All in all, in the early stages of rectal cancer, some symptoms are similar to those of hemorrhoids, but there are very obvious differences between the two diseases. In addition to the above four differences, patients with rectal cancer will also experience a series of symptoms such as decreased appetite, weight loss, and indigestion. After suffering from hemorrhoids, the patient will not have a series of symptoms of indigestion.

Therefore, if the patient has repeated blood in the stool and some indigestion symptoms in daily life, he must go to the hospital quickly. If it is caused by rectal cancer, only early scientific and standardized treatment can protect one’s health to the greatest extent.

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