Are ascending colon polyps serious?

Although ascending colon polyps are common, they can also have many adverse effects on the body. If they are not treated actively, they may also cause other diseases, such as common intestinal stenosis, intestinal polyps, colon cancer, and intestinal perforation.

Although colon polyps are common, they can still have serious consequences for the body if not treated actively. The following are other common diseases that may be caused by long-term untreated colon polyps.

1. Intestinal stenosis: It often occurs in cases with extensive lesions and a duration of more than 5-25 years. It is mostly located in the left colon, sigmoid colon or rectum. It is generally asymptomatic clinically. In severe cases, it can cause intestinal obstruction. When intestinal stenosis occurs in this disease, be alert to tumors and distinguish between benign and malignant.

2. Intestinal polyps and colon cancer: If colitis persists for more than five years, the intestinal ulcer surface is prone to abnormal proliferation under the long-term stimulation of inflammation, causing intestinal polyps. The canceration rate of intestinal polyps larger than one centimeter is extremely high. In addition, about 5% of enteritis cases may become cancerous, which is more common in patients with lesions involving the entire colon, onset in childhood and a history of more than 10 years.

3. Intestinal perforation: It is mostly a complication of toxic intestinal dilatation, but it may also be severe. It often occurs in the left colon. The use of corticosteroids is considered to be a risk factor for intestinal perforation.

4. Blood in stool: Blood in stool is one of the main clinical manifestations of this disease, and the amount of blood in stool is also an indicator of the severity of the disease. The heavy blood in the stool mentioned here refers to heavy intestinal bleeding in a short period of time, accompanied by increased pulse, decreased blood pressure and decreased hemoglobin, which requires blood transfusion treatment. In addition, long-term chronic bleeding can also cause iron deficiency anemia.

5. Toxic intestinal dilatation: This is a serious complication of the disease, which often occurs in patients with pancolitis. The mortality rate can be as high as 44%. The clinical manifestations are rapid deterioration of the disease, obvious symptoms of poisoning, accompanied by diarrhea, abdominal tenderness and rebound pain, weakened or disappeared bowel sounds, increased white blood cell count, and easy complications of intestinal perforation.