Abdominal distension and pain is a self-diagnostic symptom of rectal cancer

Self-diagnosis of rectal cancer found that rectal cancer is second only to gastric cancer among gastrointestinal malignancies. Most people believe that the occurrence of rectal cancer is related to food or genetics. So, what are the self-diagnosis criteria for rectal cancer? The following is an introduction to self-diagnosis of rectal cancer .

The specific self-diagnosis criteria for rectal cancer are as follows:

1. Feeling of urgency and heaviness : You always feel the urge to defecate, and the anus feels heavy and as if it is falling, so you often want to go to the toilet. This is also a self-diagnosis standard for rectal cancer.

2. Abdominal pain : The self-diagnosis of early rectal cancer will feel pain in the lower abdomen, and sometimes you can hear the "sound of intestines moving". Some patients said that when they go to the toilet, they feel severe abdominal pain with a little effort, and sometimes they feel bloated and can't fart. This is also the self-diagnosis standard of rectal cancer.

3. Changes in bowel habits . Other self-diagnosis of rectal cancer include: long-term constipation followed by diarrhea, or even alternating diarrhea and constipation; or an abnormal increase in the number of times you go to the toilet every day, and always feeling that you can't defecate completely. Others may have thinner, harder, or watery stools.

4. Blood in the stool or bleeding, or with mucus , which is also the self-diagnosis standard of rectal cancer: Experts point out that the most common situation is blood or mucus in the stool, and sometimes the amount of bleeding increases and is bright red, that is, anal bleeding.

5. Anemia and weight loss : Anemia indicates that there is continuous mild bleeding in a place in the body. If you are pale and lose weight, these are self-diagnosis criteria for rectal cancer.