Does colorectal cancer damage the digestive system?

The disease of colorectal cancer brings a lot of pain and troubles to patients. Many people are harmed by this disease, and it also brings more troubles to patients and friends. Therefore, we need to learn more about colorectal cancer, especially the need to pay attention to the harmfulness of colorectal cancer. Does colorectal cancer destroy the digestive system? Then let’s take a look at the harms caused by colorectal cancer?

The dangers of colorectal cancer:
1. One of the hazards of colorectal cancer is that the secretion of the intestine will continue to increase. Clinically, this situation occurs because the intestinal mucosa is irritated. A small amount of mucus secretion 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 like water mixed with mucus and blood.
2. When colorectal cancer develops to the late stage, the whole body of the colorectal cancer patient will show great discomfort. When the tumor further expands in the late stage of rectal cancer, it will invade the surrounding tissues and organs, causing the patient to have difficulty urinating, frequent urination, and painful urination. In the late stage of rectal cancer, the presacral nerve plexus will be invaded, and the sacrum and waist pain symptoms will appear. When rectal cancer metastasizes to the liver in the late stage, it will cause liver enlargement, ascites jaundice, and even cachexia.
3. Intestinal cancer is a tumor disease that occurs in the intestine. Therefore, clinically, the hazards of intestinal cancer may also include: a lump can be felt during anal examination, patients with advanced rectal cancer have increased bowel movements, incomplete bowel movements, frequent urge to defecate, tenesmus and other local irritation symptoms of the cancer; due to the increase in the size of the tumor in the late stage of rectal cancer, the intestinal cavity is narrowed and intestinal obstruction occurs. When the intestinal cavity is completely blocked, symptoms of intestinal obstruction such as constipation, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain appear; it invades the presacral plexus and causes pain in the sacrum and lumbar region; when it metastasizes to the liver, it causes hepatomegaly, ascites, jaundice, and even cachexia. Intestinal cancer is a type of cancer with a high incidence rate, and the harm of intestinal cancer is so great, so when the symptoms of intestinal cancer appear, it must be taken seriously. It is better to go to a regular hospital for examination as soon as possible, and then choose a treatment method according to the actual condition, and take good care during and after treatment, so as to completely stay away from intestinal cancer.