Why is small intestine cancer easily ignored? Three situations make small intestine cancer hidden deep

In recent years, small intestinal cancer has become one of the major diseases that endanger human health, and it has brought great pain and distress to humans. In order to reduce the incidence of small intestinal cancer, we should master the knowledge about the causes of small intestinal cancer to avoid being ignored. The following are some of the causes of small intestinal cancer that are easily overlooked:

1. Early symptoms of small intestinal cancer are not obvious

Small intestinal cancer is mostly adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. From a pathological point of view, these two types of cancer are moderately toxic and grow relatively slowly compared to other cancers. There may be no obvious symptoms in the early stage, or even no symptoms for many years, making it difficult to detect. By the time symptoms appear, the cancer is generally in the middle or late stage. Some intestinal cancers can take more than ten years from onset to discovery. According to medical research, cancer develops from gradual genetic mutations. When genetic mutations reach a certain level and encounter certain inducements, such as fatigue leading to low immunity, people will develop cancer. However, slow development does not mean mortality. If not treated in time, the mortality rate is 100%.

2. Bowel cancer can easily be confused with a variety of diseases

According to survey data, about 30% to 40% of small intestinal cancer patients are misdiagnosed due to the negligence of doctors and patients themselves. There are several main diseases whose symptoms are easily confused with small intestinal cancer, such as hemorrhoids, anal fissures, intestinal polyps, dysentery, gastric ulcers, colitis, etc. They are all easily confused with small intestinal cancer because of blood in the stool, causing confusion. Although both have blood in the stool, there are actually differences. Patients with small intestinal cancer will have abdominal distension and abdominal pain due to intestinal obstruction. When the tumor ruptures, the stool will be mixed with pus and blood, and the stool and blood will be mixed. However, the stool of patients with hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and intestinal polyps is not mixed with blood, but attached to the surface of the stool, and the blood is bright red or relatively fresh. The stool of patients with gastric ulcers is significantly different from that of patients with enteritis, and they often excrete black or tarry stools. In addition to the different stools, the accompanying symptoms are also different. While patients with intestinal cancer excrete mucus and thick blood in the stool, their bowel habits will change, sometimes diarrhea, sometimes constipation. This is because the growth of the tumor affects the normal physiological function of the intestine, causing spasms and contractions. However, when patients with hemorrhoids have bowel movements, protrusions can be seen in the anus. When patients with anal fissures have anal pain during bowel movements, patients with intestinal polyps do not have abdominal pain.

3. Work stress and neglect of health

In recent years, the medical community has noticed that small intestinal cancer is becoming younger and younger, especially some elites around 40 years old are prone to intestinal cancer. They have several common points: irregular diet due to busy work, disrupted digestive tract physiological rhythm, poor intestinal function; high mental stress affects gastrointestinal function and changes in bowel function; excessive drinking, damp heat in the intestines, poor bowel movements. In addition, young people have strong immune function, and the body's resistance reaction is fierce, which will stimulate the growth rate of cancer cells.