What causes colon polyps?

Colon polyps are a common problem, and sometimes they are caused by bad living and eating habits, such as eating spicy and irritating foods frequently, foreign body stimulation, or inflammation stimulation, all of which may induce polyps.

1. Dietary factors: Dietary factors have a certain relationship with the formation of intestinal polyps. Spicy and irritating foods, pickled foods, toxic foods, etc., especially the interaction between bacteria and bile acid, may be the basis for the formation of adenomatous polyps.

2. Genetic factors: It is generally believed that the formation of polyps is closely related to gene mutation and genetic factors. Current research shows that mutated genes can be inherited from parents to their offspring, and men and women have equal inheritance opportunities without gender differences.

3. Inflammatory stimulation: Long-term inflammatory stimulation of the intestinal mucosa can cause the formation of intestinal mucosal polyps. This is due to the inflammation, congestion and edema of the intestinal mucosa. After the erosion and ulcer heal, the scars gradually shrink and form polyps. Chronic inflammatory stimulation can cause gland obstruction and mucus retention, leading to the onset of the disease.

4. Irritation from feces, foreign bodies and mechanical damage: Long-term stimulation of the intestinal mucosal epithelium by fecal residue and foreign bodies, as well as other reasons that cause damage to the rectal mucosa, lead to abnormal cell proliferation and the formation of polyps.

Intestinal polyps are often asymptomatic and are mostly discovered during physical examinations. If the polyp is large and is often rubbed by feces, it may cause erosion of the mucosa and blood and mucus in the feces. Common symptoms are bright red blood, not much blood, mixed with mucus, and mostly on the surface of the stool. If the amount of bleeding is large, or the bleeding is prolonged, it can cause weight loss, anemia, and when the polyps are large, there may also be symptoms such as tenesmus, constipation, and a lot of secretions from the anus. The disease can often lead to cancer. Therefore, when the disease is found during examination, a pathological tissue biopsy must be performed to clarify its nature.