Early symptoms of colorectal cancer

Early symptoms of colorectal cancer:

Early symptoms of colorectal cancer generally include diarrhea, changes in stool characteristics, changes in bowel habits, etc.

1. Diarrhea: Some colorectal cancer patients often experience diarrhea in the early stages. Colorectal cancer patients may have an increase in the number of bowel movements per day, and may have mucus and blood in the stool, mucus and blood in the stool, loose and watery stools, etc. In addition, diarrhea in colorectal cancer patients is often accompanied by a feeling of tenesmus.

2. Changes in stool characteristics: Normal stool is cylindrical, yellow, and discharged vertically from the anus. If a colorectal cancer patient has a protruding tumor in the rectum, which may compress the stool, the stool will generally become thinner and the shape may also change. The stool of colorectal cancer patients may be flat and accompanied by blood in the stool. In addition, the patient may have a small amount of bowel movements each time, with frequent bowel movements, or even no stool, but only some pus, blood, etc.

3. Changes in bowel habits: Some patients with colorectal cancer may experience changes in bowel movement time and frequency due to constipation, diarrhea, etc. Early symptoms of colorectal cancer patients may also have other symptoms.

Other intestinal diseases may also cause the above symptoms. Therefore, patients with the above symptoms are advised to seek medical attention in time to avoid delaying treatment.