In the past year, Ms. Liu often have blood in the stool, she has been treated as hemorrhoids, recently had a colonoscopy, only to find that it is rectal cancer. The doctor reminded that it is now autumn, the body is easy to “fire”, hemorrhoids patients are also more likely to stool blood, if long-term blood in the stool, do not care, should be carefully identified, beware of intestinal cancer. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the website. As early as more than a year ago, she found a small amount of blood on the toilet paper after wiping from time to time. At first she thought it was “fire”, so she changed to eat light food, but the situation did not improve. A sister in the office reassured her: ten people nine hemorrhoids, this is certainly caused by hemorrhoids, nothing serious. The woman said she is a hemorrhoid patient, also often bleeding, but the impact on the body is not much, apply some cream on the line. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on this kind of things. This year, Ms. Liu in the enthusiast “guidance”, coated with hemorrhoid cream, warm water baths and other methods have been used, but still repeated intermittent blood in the stool, defecation becomes more and more difficult, the whole person gradually weakened. Recently, she went to the anorectal department of Kaifeng Hospital, and the doctor suggested her to have a colonoscopy, which resulted in the detection of rectal cancer. Early stage rectal cancer can be easily confused with hemorrhoids Is it easy to confuse hemorrhoids and intestinal cancer? The chief physician of the Department of Anorectal Medicine of Kaifeng City Hospital, Dr. Li Yageng, explained that rectal cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of the digestive system, and with the change of people’s lifestyle, the incidence of rectal cancer in China has been on the rise in recent years, and the age of onset of patients is significantly younger, while hemorrhoids is a very common disease, and its symptoms are very similar to the initial symptoms of rectal cancer, that is, both will appear bloody stool, both are fresh blood dripping or spraying into the The symptoms of hemorrhoids are similar to those of rectal cancer in the early stages, i.e., they both have blood in the stool, with fresh blood dripping or squirting into the stool pool. Research shows that when rectal cancer is confined to the rectal mucosa, 85% of patients only show blood in the stool, at this time, many people think they have ordinary hemorrhoids, so they go to the pharmacy to buy creams to apply, or take some anti-inflammatory drugs, and when the symptoms improve, they relax their vigilance, and as a result, the condition gets worse. The fall season is prone to “fire” and hemorrhoid patients are more likely to have blood in their stools and other symptoms. How can you tell whether it is hemorrhoids or intestinal cancer when you have blood in your stool? Dr. Li introduced that early symptoms of rectal cancer are easily confused with hemorrhoids, but as long as you observe carefully, you can still distinguish them. For example, change in bowel habits is a common symptom of rectal cancer. Patients may have thin stools, increased frequency or alternating constipation and diarrhea, feeling of incomplete defecation, often accompanied by abdominal swelling and paroxysmal abdominal pain, and once the symptoms appear, they usually do not relieve themselves. Hemorrhoids usually do not cause difficulty in defecation, and although painful defecation may occur occasionally, it will return to normal when the inflammation subsides. In addition to blood in the stool of rectal cancer patients, there can also be loose stool or pus and blood, whereas in hemorrhoids, the blood drips down as the stool is discharged after the affected area is bruised during defecation, so it does not mix with the stool and there is no mucus present. The prognosis of bowel cancer is very good if it is diagnosed and treated early. Dr. Li said that it is not difficult to detect rectal cancer, only some simple tests are needed to distinguish hemorrhoids from rectal cancer, and the cost is not high. Since 80% to 90% of rectal cancers occur in the middle and lower rectum, most rectal cancers can be detected in time after suspicious symptoms are detected, as long as an anal examination is done, plus colonoscopy and pathological examination of tissues can generally confirm the diagnosis. ”However, clinically, it is often seen that patients are too shy to be examined or afraid of examination, so they take a chance and get the checklist issued by the doctor but do not do the examination, and eventually miss the opportunity of early detection and early treatment, which is a great pity.” It is worth noting that the development of bowel cancer is related to genetic factors. If someone in the immediate family has suffered from bowel cancer, it is a high-risk group and it is better to go to hospital for regular physical examination.