Symptoms of sigmoid colon cancer mainly include abdominal pain, abdominal mass, intestinal obstruction, lethargy and fatigue, abdominal fluid accumulation and so on.
1. Abdominal pain: as sigmoid colon cancer keeps developing, the tumor will invade the surrounding tissues, which will cause inexact and persistent pain.
2. Abdominal mass: sigmoid colon cancer belongs to malignant tumor, due to continuous growth, it will increase the volume and hard texture obviously, thus causing abdominal mass.
3. Intestinal obstruction: due to the large size of sigmoid colon cancer, it will lead to intestinal obstruction, and patients may have abdominal distension and difficulty in defecation.
4. Loss of weight and fatigue: as sigmoid colon cancer depletes nutrients in the body and causes chronic blood loss, it will cause loss of weight and fatigue and other symptoms.
5. Abdominal fluid accumulation: if sigmoid colon cancer has liver metastasis or peritoneal metastasis, it will cause abdominal fluid accumulation.
Once diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer, patients should pay attention to it, carry out corresponding treatment and review in time, and consult doctor in time if there is any discomfort.