Suffering from complications of rectal cancer

After years of practice and summary, it is found that the cure rate of rectal cancer is relatively high in clinical practice, and the pain people suffer is relatively small. The simplest way to treat rectal cancer in clinical practice is rectal digital examination or colonoscopy. Of course, experts still recommend that pathological biopsy is the most accurate method. So what complications can rectal cancer cause?

1. Pain. After anal surgery, peripheral nerves are stimulated, or rough operation during surgery causes tissue edema or wound infection, which causes pain. Therefore, analgesics and antibacterial drugs can be used appropriately within 2 days after surgery, and warm water sitting baths can be used for wound edema.

2. Urinary retention is mostly caused by postoperative pain reflex causing urethral sphincter spasm or too much gauze in the anus, which is too tight. After surgery, relieve pain, drink more water, and relieve fear, and you will generally be able to urinate on your own. Acupuncture treatment can also be used, and catheterization can be performed if necessary.

3. Anal edema is mostly caused by improper surgical operation, which causes anal canal skin damage and edema. After surgery, keep the stool soft, take a warm water bath, 2 to 3 times a day, each time for 10 to 15 minutes, and apply anti-inflammatory and analgesic ointment.

4. Bleeding is mostly related to loose ligation, thread slippage or incomplete hemostasis during surgery. It can also be caused by large wound surface, excessive bleeding or too deep injection of hardener, excessive amount, causing excessive tissue necrosis and bleeding. Sutures fall off 10 days after surgery and secondary bleeding. Bleeding within 24 hours after surgery can be stopped by local hemostasis, such as gauze compression, hemostatic powder, etc., and a few need to be re-sewn to stop bleeding. If the pulse is fast and the blood pressure drops, anti-shock treatment should be actively given.

5. Infection, mostly caused by improper local disinfection or injection of contaminated hardener into the submucosal layer of the hemorrhoids during surgery. When the wound becomes red, swollen, hot, or painful, it should be treated promptly. The sutured wound can be folded with intervening sutures, the anus can be treated with physical therapy or hot compresses, sitz baths, and antibacterial treatment when necessary. Once an abscess is formed, it should be incised and drained as soon as possible.

6. Anal stenosis is often caused by excessive skin removal during external hemorrhoid removal or excessive and too deep injection of drugs into internal hemorrhoids, which results in excessive tissue necrosis, scar contracture and stenosis. Regular follow-up after surgery, if there is stenosis, use fingers to dilate the anus, which is usually effective, but a few require plastic surgery.