Is rectal tumor serious?

With the improvement of people's quality of life, the incidence of rectal tumors has increased year by year in recent years. Rectal tumors are mainly caused by the malignant transformation of rectal tissue cells. Since most early rectal tumors are asymptomatic, patients are usually found to be in the middle and late stages. Therefore, once a rectal tumor occurs, it will be aggressive. Of course, physical examinations can also detect rectal tumors in the early stages, but because people ignore the intestinal system, they often rarely undergo intestinal examinations, and no one can realize the harm of rectal tumors. So, are rectal tumors serious? Let's analyze it together below.

When rectal cancer grows to a certain extent, blood in the stool may occur. A small amount of bleeding is not easy to detect with the naked eye, but a large number of red blood cells can be found when the stool is examined under a microscope, and the so-called fecal occult blood test is positive. When the amount of bleeding is large, blood in the stool may appear, and the blood may be bright red or dark red. When the surface of the tumor ruptures and forms an ulcer, and the tumor tissue becomes necrotic and infected, pus, blood, mucus and blood in the stool may appear.

When rectal tumors cause intestinal stenosis, varying degrees of intestinal obstruction symptoms (abdominal pain, bloating, and difficulty defecating) may occur, with abdominal pain and bowel sounds before defecation, and relief after defecation. The stool may become thinner and grooved. Patients may have varying degrees of incomplete defecation and anal prolapse, and sometimes diarrhea.

When the tumor invades the bladder and urethra, frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, and difficulty urinating may occur; when the tumor invades the vagina, rectovaginal fistula and fecal discharge from the vagina may occur; when the tumor invades the sacrum and nerves, severe pain in the sacrum and perineum may occur; when the tumor invades and compresses the ureter, distending pain in the waist may occur; the tumor may also compress the external iliac blood vessels and cause lower limb edema

From the above, we can see the seriousness of rectal tumors. The reason why rectal tumors are so terrible is its invasiveness and metastasis. Although rectal tumors are not an easily cured disease, as long as the right treatment is chosen, the treatment method suitable for the patient can make the patient's body recover day by day and relieve the pain as soon as possible, thereby achieving multiple goals such as improving the quality of life of cancer patients and prolonging survival.