Q How to distinguish between hemorrhoids and rectal cancer
A Colorectal cancer is a common malignant tumor in the digestive tract, which is second only to gastric cancer. The age of onset is between 30 to 60 years old, male more than female, if can early detection and timely treatment, the prognosis is better. The cause of the disease is not clear, related with the rectal polyps, chronic inflammation and genetic factors. According to the pathological changes can be divided into invasive, ulcer type and cauliflower type. Lymphatic metastasis, blood metastasis and peritoneal implantation are the direct spread.
How to distinguish between rectal cancer and hemorrhoids
1. Hemorrhoids may occur at any age, and the patients with rectal cancer are mostly middle-aged or elderly.
2 There is blood in the stool of patients with hemorrhoids. This is because when defecate scratch the affected area, the most blood is with the stool after drop down, therefore and excrement and urine do not mix, not the presence of mucus. The patients with rectal cancer stool is often mixed with blood, mucus and pus, and bowel habits will change obviously. Increase in the number of bowel movements, accompanied by tenesmus feeling. If the drug is still unable to reduce the diarrhea, they should pay special attention to the.
3 Use your fingers into the internal anal examination is one of the most effective ways. Because most of the hemorrhoids and rectal cancer occur in the site can be touched by fingers. If the fingers touch by anus, feel inside small some protruding for hemorrhoids. If feel enteral cauliflower lump or edge of the uplift of central depression of ulcer, and found that the luminal narrowing can only accommodate a finger; after the inspection, the finger stained with blood, pus and mucus, it is likely to suffering from colorectal cancer, should go to hospital for treatment, so as not to miss the therapeutic opportunities.
