How to check for rectal cancer

We all know that rectal cancer can cause blood in the stool, and hemorrhoids can also cause blood in the stool. Therefore, in daily life, some patients with rectal cancer do not pay enough attention to the symptoms of blood in the stool, and they think that they are just suffering from small hemorrhoids, thus delaying the treatment of the disease. The following will introduce to you how to judge whether you have rectal cancer.

Dysentery generally has a history of acute onset, fever, tenesmus, pus and blood in the stool, abdominal pain relieved after defecation, and effective treatment with antibiotics. Rectal cancer does not have the above typical symptoms, and the feeling of anal prolapse does not ease after defecation, and antibiotic treatment is ineffective. Hemorrhoids have constipation or bleeding in the stool, the bleeding is bright red, attached to the surface of the stool or dripping blood after defecation.
The blood in the stool of rectal cancer is caused by the ulceration of cancerous tissue, and the blood is mostly dirty and has a fishy smell. When the rectal cancer is large, it can narrow the intestinal cavity and make the stool difficult to pass into thin strips with edges and corners, which are not common in dysentery and hemorrhoids.
Another factor that may cause rectal cancer to be misdiagnosed is that when patients ask doctors for diagnosis, some doctors lack vigilance or are afraid of trouble and fail to conduct effective targeted examinations. For example, rectal cancer grows on the rectal wall within 78 cm from the edge of the anus and can be touched with fingers. According to the condition, the doctor should perform a digital rectal examination but does not do so, which will lead to the misdiagnosis of rectal cancer that can be diagnosed with one finger.
The above is an introduction to how to judge whether you have rectal cancer in daily life. After reading the above article, I believe you will have the ability to make a preliminary self-diagnosis of your condition. Although the symptoms of many diseases are very similar, there are still many differences between different diseases. As long as we observe carefully, we will find them.