Ways to prevent colon cancer

Have you heard of colon cancer? Colon cancer is a common malignant tumor of the digestive tract that occurs in the colon. It often occurs at the junction of the rectum and the sigmoid colon, and its gross morphology is polyp-like and ulcerative. After the tumor ulcerates, blood is lost, and toxins are absorbed, symptoms of poisoning such as anemia, low fever, fatigue, weight loss, and edema often appear. So what are the measures to prevent colon cancer? Let me introduce it to you.

1. Regular check-ups: People at high risk of colorectal cancer, such as men over 40 years old, patients with familial multiple intestinal polyps, patients with ulcerative colitis, patients with chronic schistosomiasis and those with a family history of colorectal cancer should have regular check-ups and be alert to the signs and early symptoms of colorectal cancer, such as changes in bowel habits, alternating diarrhea and constipation, bloody or black stools, and flatter and thinner stools.

2. Improve eating habits: change the habit of eating meat and high-protein foods as the staple food. Eat less high-fat foods, especially control the intake of animal fat. Arrange your daily diet reasonably, eat more fresh fruits, vegetables and other foods rich in carbohydrates and crude fiber, appropriately increase the proportion of coarse grains and whole grains in the staple food, and avoid being too fine or refined.

3. Prevention and treatment of intestinal diseases: Actively prevent various polyps, chronic enteritis (including ulcerative colitis), schistosomiasis, chronic dysentery, etc. Intestinal polyps should be treated early. Colorectal polyps are divided into five major categories, namely adenomatous polyps, inflammatory polyps, hamartomatous polyps, biochemical polyps and mucosal hypertrophy growths. Among them, adenomatous polyps are true tumor polyps and are precancerous lesions of colon cancer. Therefore, when colon adenomas are found, they should be removed at the benign adenoma stage and subjected to pathological examination. If not treated early, most cases will develop into colorectal cancer. In addition, habitual constipation should be treated actively and attention should be paid to keeping bowel movements smooth.

4. Chemical drug prevention: The main drugs currently used for the prevention of colon cancer are: 1) Antioxidants: Their mechanism of action is to protect DNA from damage by free radicals. They include vitamins C and E, β2-carotene, folic acid, etc. 2) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: This type of drug has been shown to inhibit the occurrence of colon cancer. (3) Other related drugs under study include: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ligand, dimethyl sulfoxide (DFMO), calcium supplements (combined with bile acid), vitamin D, epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors, etc.

5. Actively exercise: find an exercise method that suits you, strengthen your physical fitness, improve your immunity, relax yourself, relieve stress, and maintain a good attitude.

Everyone knows how to prevent colon cancer! If you feel unwell and have symptoms similar to the above, go to the hospital and seek medical help. Colon cancer is a very serious disease, so everyone should be more cautious. Eat a balanced diet, improve your living habits, exercise regularly, supplement vitamins, and enhance your immunity. Also, clean regularly and maintain good hygiene habits. You should also go to the hospital regularly for check-ups and screenings.